Phosphorylation: Polo Kinase Joins an Elite Club

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Ohkura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345526418     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.11.012     Document Type: Review

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