Microtubules: MEC-17 moonlights in the lumen

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gaertig, Jacek ^a   Wloga, Dorota ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 84862681136     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.027     Document Type: Short Survey

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