The rho-GAP encoded by BEM2 regulates cytoskeletal structure in budding yeast.

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Published in Mol Biol Cell on August 01, 1995

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T Wang1, A Bretscher

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1: Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.

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