The Chlamydomonas mating type plus fertilization tubule, a prototypic cell fusion organelle: isolation, characterization, and in vitro adhesion to mating type minus gametes.

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Published in J Cell Biol on June 30, 1997

Authors

N F Wilson1, M J Foglesong, W J Snell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA.

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