Amorphous no longer: The centrosome comes into focus

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-128

  Zimmerman, Wendy ^a   Sparks, Cynthia A ^a   Doxsey, Stephen J ^a  

^a Psychiat Dept Univ M   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CENTROSOME; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032966501     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80015-5     Document Type: Article

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