Cytoskeleton: Missing links found?

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1563-1566

  Bousquet, Olivier ^a   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030480182     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70772-0     Document Type: Review

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