Listeria motility: Biophysics pushes things forward

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Merz, Alexey J ^a   Higgs, Henry N ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0037447264     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00231-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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