Nano-flares: probes for transfection and mRNA detection in living cells.
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SUBMITTER: Seferos DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3200543 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Nano-flares: probes for transfection and mRNA detection in living cells.
Seferos Dwight S DS Giljohann David A DA Hill Haley D HD Prigodich Andrew E AE Mirkin Chad A CA
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20071123 50
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