Cytoskeletal proteins: The evolution of cell division

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1998, Pages

  Faguy, David M ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032492953     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70216-7     Document Type: Article

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