Monitoring plasmid replication in live mammalian cells over multiple generations by fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 70, 2012, Pages

  Norby, Kathryn ^a   Chiu, Ya Fang ^a   Sugden, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84871481482     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4305     Document Type: Article

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