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Three Dimensional Structure of the Chromatoid Body of Entamoeba invadens

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A reconstruction of the asymmetric unit of the chromatoid body helix from electron microscopic data corresponds to a particle which in many ways resembles the ribosome.

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LAKE, J., SLAYTER, H. Three Dimensional Structure of the Chromatoid Body of Entamoeba invadens. Nature 227, 1032–1037 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271032a0

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