Graviperception and signal transduction in unicellular organisms

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 390, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Hemmersbach, Ruth ^a   Voormanns, Regine ^a   Rabien, Henning ^a   Bromeis, Birgit ^a   Ivanova, Krassimira ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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EID: 0001433616     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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