Acta Med. 1999, 42: 3-8

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.137

The Most Important Microtubule Natural Inhibitors

Jiří Patočkaa, Anna Struneckáb

aPurkyně Military Medical Academy, Department of Toxicology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Prague, Czech Republic

Received January 1, 1999
Accepted April 1, 1999

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