Microtubule Polymerization: One Step at a Time

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Sept, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; SHORT SURVEY;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULES; TUBULIN;

EID: 34548237585     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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