Domain structure and transcript diversity of plectin

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-383

  Wiche, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 0032104333     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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