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. 1973 May 1;57(2):580–586. doi: 10.1083/jcb.57.2.580

A METHOD FOR INCREASING CONTRAST OF MITOCHONDRIAL INNER MEMBRANE SPHERES IN THIN SECTIONS OF EPON-ARALDITE EMBEDDED TISSUE

John N Telford 1, Efraim Racker 1
PMCID: PMC2108983  PMID: 4121291

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