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. 1984 Jul 1;99(1 Pt 2):137s–143s. doi: 10.1083/jcb.99.1.137s

Chromosome motion and the spindle matrix

J Pickett-Heaps, T Spurck, D Tippit
PMCID: PMC2275598  PMID: 6746726

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