Microtubules as determinants of cellular polarity

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 358-360

  Gundersen, Gregg G ^a   Kreitizer, Geri ^a   Cook, Tiffani ^a   Liao, Guojuan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0032103621     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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