Cytoskeleton: Centrosom-in absentia

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 1999, Pages

  Vidwans, Smruti J ^a   O'Farrel, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033592619     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80007-X     Document Type: Article

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