Chapter 5 Three-Dimensional Transmission Electron Microscopy and Its Application to Mitosis Research

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 1998, Pages 81-111

  McEwen, Bruce F ^a,b   Marko, Michael ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; MITOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; MITOSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032621012     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)61976-7     Document Type: Article

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