A β-glucuronidase (GUS) Based Cell Death Assay
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A β-glucuronidase (GUS) based cell death assay.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visualized Experiments
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1940-087X
DOI: 10.3791/2680