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Aip1p Dynamics Are Altered by the R256H Mutation in Actin
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Alpha-skeletal actin is associated with increased contractility in the mouse heart

T E Hewett1, I L Grupp, G Grupp

  • 1Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Ohio.

Circulation Research
|April 1, 1994
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