The tubulin repertoire of C. elegans sensory neurons and its context-dependent role in process outgrowth
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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