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Apr 2013
6m 25s

Structural cell biology of virus infecti...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Professor Kay Grunewald tells us how structural cell biology can help us understand virus infection. Cells constitute the smallest autonomous units of life. The tightly regulated structural and functional organisation is currently only rudimentary understood. Professor Kay Grünewald uses electron cryotomography in combination with other techniques to analyse ... Show More
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