The WASP-homology 2 domain and cytoskeleton assembly

Actin-based Motility: Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 255-277

  Dominguez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9301-1_11     Document Type: Chapter

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