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4D Imaging of Protein Aggregation in Live Cells
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Cellular strategies for controlling protein aggregation

Jens Tyedmers1, Axel Mogk, Bernd Bukau

  • 1Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69,120 Heidelberg, Germany. j.tyedmers@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de

Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology
|October 15, 2010
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