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Studies on microtubules in Heliozoa I.

The fine structure ofActinosphaerium nucleofilum (Barrett), with particular reference to the axial rod structure

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Tilney, L.G., Porter, K.R. Studies on microtubules in Heliozoa I.. Protoplasma 60, 317–344 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01247886

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