Structural insights into de novo actin polymerization.

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Published in Curr Opin Struct Biol on January 22, 2010

Authors

Roberto Dominguez1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, 3700 Hamilton Walk, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA. droberto@mail.med.upenn.edu

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