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Electron Microscopy of Motor Structure and Possible Mechanisms

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Minamino, T., Kato, T., Miyata, T., Namba, K. (2013). Electron Microscopy of Motor Structure and Possible Mechanisms. In: Roberts, G.C.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16712-6_196

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