Atomic force microscopy observation on nuclear reassembly in a cell-free system

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2284-2286

  Yang, Ning ^a,b   Chen, Zhongcai ^a,b   Zhang, Zhaohui ^b   Zhu, Xing ^b   Zhai, Zhonghe ^b   Tang, Xiaowei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cell free system; Nuclear reassembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844498546     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03ww0086     Document Type: Article

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