Human cytoplasmic actin proteins are encoded by a multigene family.

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Published in Mol Cell Biol on June 01, 1982

Authors

J Engel1, P Gunning, L Kedes

Author Affiliations

1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, USA.

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