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Localization of actin filaments in internodal cells of characean algae. A scanning and transmission electron

Y M Kersey, N K Wessells

    The Journal of Cell Biology
    |February 1, 1976
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    actin filamentsCharacean algaecytoplasmic streamingelectron microscopy

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