A nematode kinesin required for cleavage furrow advancement

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1133-1136

  Powers, James ^a   Bossinger, Olaf ^a,b   Rose, Debra ^a   Strome, Susan ^a   Saxton, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0032497690     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70470-1     Document Type: Article

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