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. 1994 Dec;67(6):2131–2133. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(94)80700-3

Actin compliance: are you pulling my chain?

Y E Goldman 1, A F Huxley 1
PMCID: PMC1225596  PMID: 7696455

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