Mitotic spindle: Laser microsurgery in yeast cells

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Carvalho, Pedro ^a,b   Pellman, David ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 4544350984     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.010     Document Type: Review

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