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Genetic control of mitosis : Is protein MAST ν40 an element of the checkpoint system? / Lebedeva, L. I.; Fedorova, S. A.

In: Russian Journal of Genetics, Vol. 40, No. 4, 04.2004, p. 387-392.

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Lebedeva LI, Fedorova SA. Genetic control of mitosis: Is protein MAST ν40 an element of the checkpoint system? Russian Journal of Genetics. 2004 Apr;40(4):387-392. doi: 10.1023/B:RUGE.0000024976.35897.fd

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Lebedeva, L. I. ; Fedorova, S. A. / Genetic control of mitosis : Is protein MAST ν40 an element of the checkpoint system?. In: Russian Journal of Genetics. 2004 ; Vol. 40, No. 4. pp. 387-392.

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