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. 1971 Jan 1;48(1):216–219. doi: 10.1083/jcb.48.1.216

FILAMENTS OF AMOEBA PROTEUS

II. Binding of Heavy Meromyosin by Thin Filaments in Motile Cytoplasmic Extracts

Thomas D Pollard 1, Edward D Korn 1
PMCID: PMC2108223  PMID: 5545110

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