Origins and evolution of the formin multigene family that is involved in the formation of actin filaments.

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Published in Mol Biol Evol on October 06, 2008

Authors

Dimitra Chalkia1, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Wojciech Makalowski, Jan Klein, Masatoshi Nei

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA. duc136@psu.edu

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