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spellingShingle Zhao, Ziqing W., Roy, Rahul, Gebhardt, J. Christof M., Suter, David M., Chapman, Alec R., Xie, X. Sunney, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy, Multidisciplinary
title Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
title_full Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
title_fullStr Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
title_full_unstemmed Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
title_short Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
title_sort spatial organization of rna polymerase ii inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
title_unstemmed Spatial organization of RNA polymerase II inside a mammalian cell nucleus revealed by reflected light-sheet superresolution microscopy
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