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2 - Electron microscopy and three-dimensional single-particle analysis as tools for understanding the structural basis of mechanobiology

from Part I - Micro-nano techniques in cell mechanobiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

By
Niels Volkmann  and
Dorit Hanein
Edited by
Yu Sun ,
Deok-Ho Kim  and
Craig A. Simmons
Yu Sun
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Deok-Ho Kim
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Craig A. Simmons
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Integrative Mechanobiology
Micro- and Nano- Techniques in Cell Mechanobiology
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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