Structural insights into the assembly of a monomeric class V myosin.
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SUBMITTER: Rayment I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3970500 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Structural insights into the assembly of a monomeric class V myosin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140313 12
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