Dynamic microtubules and specification of the zebrafish embryonic axis

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-42

  Jesuthasan, Suresh ^a   Strähle, Uwe ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

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EID: 0031035065     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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