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Original Article

Isolation of different brain-specific isotypes of α-tubulins from chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

Imogen R. Coe Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2; Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Bldg 1, Rm 101, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA
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Robin Munro Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2
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Nancy M. Sherwood Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2
Pages 257-262 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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