Mechanical significance of obliquely striated architecture in nematode muscle

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Burr, A H Jay ^a   Gans, Carl ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032006334     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542507     Document Type: Article

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