Electron tomography: Towards visualizing the molecular organization of the cytoplasm

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 679-684

  Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOSPERM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

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EID: 0036815763     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00378-0     Document Type: Review

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