Dr. Dolittle and the making of the mitotic spindle

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 985-990

  Heck, Margarete M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033486325     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199912)22:1<985::AID-BIES2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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