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    Dagmar Fischer, Dieter Weisenberger & Ulrich Scheer

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Fischer, D., Weisenberger, D. & Scheer, U. Assigning functions to nucleolar structures. Chromosoma 101, 133–140 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00355363

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