Immunochemical localization of myosin heavy chain isoforms and paramyosin in developmentally and structurally diverse muscle cell types of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Published in J Cell Biol on December 01, 1987

Authors

J P Ardizzi1, H F Epstein

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1: Program in Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.

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