Microtubule cytoskeleton: No longer an also Ran

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 1999, Pages

  Desai, Arshad ^a   Hyman, Anthony ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

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EID: 0033598137     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80445-X     Document Type: Article

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