Tubulin folding cofactors: Half a dozen for a dimer

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2002, Pages

  Szymanski, Dan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037137428     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01288-5     Document Type: Review

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