Cytoskeleton: Anatomy of an organizing center

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages

  Marschall, Laura G ^a   Stearns, Tim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031456125     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00396-4     Document Type: Review

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