BimC motor protein KLP61F cycles between mitotic spindles and fusomes in Drosophila germ cells

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 923-926

  Wilson, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33645506155     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80400-X     Document Type: Article

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