Reconstitution of contractile actomyosin bundles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2698-2705

  Thoresen, Todd ^a   Lenz, Martin ^a,b   Gardel, Margaret L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79960299436     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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