Actin Content and G-/F-Actin Equilibrium in Platelets Adhered to Plastic and in Cultured Endothelial Cells

P Spangenberg; A V Mazurov; M E Lukashev; U Till

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1645709

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1990; 63(01): 150
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1645709

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Actin Content and G-/F-Actin Equilibrium in Platelets Adhered to Plastic and in Cultured Endothelial Cells

P Spangenberg

Institute of Pathological Biochemistry, Medical Academy, Erfurt, GDR

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A V Mazurov

¹Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Center AMS USSR, Moscow, USSR

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M E Lukashev

¹Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Center AMS USSR, Moscow, USSR

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U Till

Institute of Pathological Biochemistry, Medical Academy, Erfurt, GDR

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