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Explore the nucleolus: unveiling the hidden layer with super-resolution microscopy

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  1. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Rongfei Wei, Xinyu Wang & Dong Li

  2. College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Dong Li

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Wei, R., Wang, X. & Li, D. Explore the nucleolus: unveiling the hidden layer with super-resolution microscopy. Sci. China Life Sci. 66, 2193–2195 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-023-2370-5

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