The C. elegans Centrosome during Early Embryonic Development

Centrosomes in Development and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 226-250

  Pelletier, Laurence ^a   Müller Reichert, Thomas ^a   Srayko, Martin ^a   Özlü, Nurhan ^a   Schlaitz, Anne Lore ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1002/3527603808.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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