Centrosome-independent mitotic spindle formation in vertebrates

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-67

  Khodjakov, Alexey ^a,b   Cole, Richard W ^a   Oakley, Berl R ^c   Rieder, Conly L ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033971720     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)00276-6     Document Type: Article

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