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Revealing the Cytoskeletal Organization of Invasive Cancer Cells in 3D
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The cytoskeleton in cancer cells in animals and humans

G Gabbiani

    Methods and Achievements in Experimental Pathology
    |January 1, 1979
    PubMed

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