Cytoskeleton: Microtubule nucleation takes shape

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 642-644

  Murphy, Steven M ^a   Stearns, Tim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030156062     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(09)00437-0     Document Type: Article

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