Unravelling the Actin Cytoskeleton: A New Competitive Edge?

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 569-576

  Davidson, Andrew J ^a   Wood, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actin; chemotaxis; competition; cytoskeleton; filopod; lamellipod

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PLASTICITY; CYTOSKELETON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84964200346     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.04.001     Document Type: Review

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