Importance of the basement membrane protein SPARC for viability and fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1285-1288

  Fitzgerald, Michael C ^a   Schwarzbauer, Jean E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032547991     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00540-4     Document Type: Article

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