Localization of single nuclear pore complexes by confocal laser scanning microscopy and analysis of their distribution

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 53, 1998, Pages 79-98

  Kubitscheck, Ulrich ^a   Peters, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE;

EID: 0031982437     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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