Cell polarity: Nailing crumbs to the scaffold

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Rashbass, P ^a   Skaer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034704910     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00372-9     Document Type: Review

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