Investigation of nuclear envelope structure and passive permeability

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 464, Issue , 2008, Pages 161-180

  Shahin, Victor ^a   Ludwig, Yvonne ^a   Oberleithner, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Confocal microscopy; Nuclear envelope structure and permeability; Nuclear hourglass technique; Nuclear pore complex; Xenopus laevis oocyte

Indexed keywords

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 60349109134     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-461-6_10     Document Type: Article

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