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Role of the PI3K regulatory subunit in the control of actin organization and cell migration

C Jiménez1, R A Portela, M Mellado

  • 1Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, Spain.

The Journal of Cell Biology
|October 19, 2000
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