Cytoskeletal proteins and morphogenesis in planarians

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-124

  Fagotti, A ^a   Simoncelli, F ^a   Di Rosa, I ^a   Pascolini, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin; Planarian morphogenesis; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923296561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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