Cryofixation Without Pretreatment at Ambient Pressure
10.1007/978-3-642-72815-0_4
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Sitte, H., Edelmann, L., & Neumann, K. (1987). Cryofixation Without Pretreatment at Ambient Pressure. Cryotechniques in Biological Electron Microscopy, 87–113.

Authors 3
  1. Hellmuth Sitte (first)
  2. Ludwig Edelmann (additional)
  3. Klaus Neumann (additional)
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