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Structure of Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Radial Density Distribution in the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle
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  • Published: 19 May 1956

Structure of Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Radial Density Distribution in the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle

  • D. L. D. CASPAR1,2 na1 

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  1. D. L. D. CASPAR: Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer institute, U.S.A.

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CASPAR, D. Structure of Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Radial Density Distribution in the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle. Nature 177, 928 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177928a0

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