Electron microscopic imaging of chromatin with nucleosome resolution

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 53, 1998, Pages 167-186

  Woodcock, C L ^a   Horowitz, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORECASTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOSOME; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHROMATIN; FORECASTING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEOSOMES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0031972528     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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