Confocal microscopy of GFP-like pigments in corals

Multi-Modality Microscopy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 238-245

  Cox, Guy ^a   Salih, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 36249012944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812774620_0012     Document Type: Chapter

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