Mitotic membrane helps to focus and stabilize the mitotic spindle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3182-3190

  Poirier, Christopher C ^a   Zheng, Yixian ^b,c   Iglesias, Pablo A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 78649241435     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.053     Document Type: Article

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