Long-Range Communication between Chromatin and Microtubules in Xenopus Egg Extracts

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1728-1733

  Carazo Salas, Rafael E ^a,b   Karsenti, Eric ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141615011     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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