An investigation of microtubule organization and functions in living Drosophila embryos by injection of a fluorescently labeled antibody against tyrosinated alpha-tubulin.

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Published in J Cell Biol on October 01, 1987

Authors

R M Warn1, L Flegg, A Warn

Author Affiliations

1: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.

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