Microtubule solutions display nematic liquid crystalline structure.
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- 4 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 265 (3) , 1639-1647
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40064-1
Abstract
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