Dynamic aspects of microtubule assembly

Microtubule Proteins

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1-35

  Engelborghs, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781351074643     Document Type: Chapter

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