A Dictyostelium mutant lacking an F-actin cross-linking protein, the 120-kD gelation factor.

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Published in J Cell Biol on October 01, 1990

Authors

M Brink1, G Gerisch, G Isenberg, A A Noegel, J E Segall, E Wallraff, M Schleicher

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1: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany.

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