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. 1984 Jul 1;99(1 Pt 2):22s–27s. doi: 10.1083/jcb.99.1.22s

Intermediate filaments

P M Steinert, J C Jones, R D Goldman
PMCID: PMC2275592  PMID: 6204990

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