Laser scissors and tweezers

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 55, 1998, Pages 71-98

  Berns, Michael W ^a   Tadir, Yona ^a   Liang, Hong ^a   Tromberg, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTION; CYTOGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROMANIPULATION;

EID: 0031972529     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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