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Through-grid wicking enables high-speed cryoEM specimen preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Yong Zi Tan
Affiliation:
The Hospital for Sick Children, United States
John Rubinstein
Affiliation:
The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Abstract

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Type
3D Structures: From Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM FIG)
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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