Volume determination of human metaphase chromosomes by scanning force microscopy

Scanning Microscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-110

  Fritzsche, Wolfgang ^a   Henderson, Eric ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chromatin; Chromosome classification; Karyotype; Volume investigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KARYOTYPE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0030316454     PISSN: 08917035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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