Phase-plate electron microscopy: A novel imaging tool to reveal close-to-life nano-structures

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Nagayama, Kuniaki ^a   Danev, Radostin ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 77955330936     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-008-0006-z     Document Type: Review

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