Building a dendritic actin filament network branch by branch: models of filament orientation pattern and force generation in lamellipodia
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1867-2450,1867-2469
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-018-0475-7