Macromolecular substructure in nuclear pore complexes by in-lens field- emission scanning electron microscopy

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Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 403-410

  Allen, T D ^a   Bennion, G R ^a   Rutherford, S A ^a   Reipert, S ^a   Ramalho, A ^a   Kiseleva, E ^b   Goldberg, M W ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Nuclear export; Nuclear import; Nuclear pore complex; Nucleo cytoplasmic communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031403169     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950190603     Document Type: Article

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