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Characterizing the Composition of Molecular Motors on Moving Axonal Cargo Using "Cargo Mapping" Analysis
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Local supply of energy to the fast axoplasmic transport mechanism

S Ochs

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    |June 1, 1971
    PubMed

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