A History of Laser Scissors (Microbeams)

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Berns, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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ANIMAL; CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS; EMBRYO; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LASERS;

EID: 34250366257     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)82001-7     Document Type: Review

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