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Waffle Method for optimizing cryo-FIB-milling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Kotaro Kelley
Affiliation:
New York Structural Biology Center, United States
Pattana Jaroenlak
Affiliation:
NYU, United States
Ashleigh Raczkowski
Affiliation:
NYSBC, New York, New York, United States
Edward Eng
Affiliation:
New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York, United States
Gira Bhabha
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine, United States
Clint Potter
Affiliation:
New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York, United States
Bridget Carragher
Affiliation:
New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York, United States
Alex Noble
Affiliation:
New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York, United States

Abstract

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Type
Cryo-electron Tomography: Present Capabilities and Future Potential
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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