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Richard McIntosh1, Daniela Nicastro, David Mastronarde

  • 1Laboratory for 3D Electron Microscopy of Cells, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0347, USA. richard.mcintosh@colorado.edu

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