Anisotropic Gelation Induced by Very Little Amount of Filamentous Actin. Issue 20 (21st September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shikinaka, Kazuhiro; Misu, Manami; Furukawa, Hidemitsu; Kakugo, Akira; Gong, Jian Ping
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular chemistry and physics. Volume 216:Issue 20(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 2007
• Page End: 2011
• Publication Date: 2015-09-21
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Synthetic products -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500265
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1352

Abstract

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