An integrated view of insect flight muscle: Genes, motor molecules, and motion

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 87-92

  Maughan, David W ^a   Vigoreaux, Jim O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 0033454349     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.3.87     Document Type: Article

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