Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy to Reconstruct Three-Dimensional Tissue Nanostructure
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Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy to Reconstruct Three-Dimensional Tissue Nanostructure
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020329