TAC-1, a regulator of microtubule length in the C. elegans embryo

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1499-1505

  Le Bot, Nathalie ^a   Tsai, Miao Chih ^a   Andrews, Robert K ^a   Ahringer, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0042921209     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00577-3     Document Type: Article

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