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. 1974 Jan 1;60(1):321–324. doi: 10.1083/jcb.60.1.321

ATP-INDUCED SLIDING OF MICROTUBULES IN BULL SPERM FLAGELLA

Keith Summers 1
PMCID: PMC2109135  PMID: 4809246

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