Fol. Biol. 2008, 54, 8-11

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2008054010008

To the Density and Distribution of Heterochromatin in Differentiating, Maturing and Apoptotic Cells Represented by Granulocytic, Lymphocytic and Erythrocytic Precursors

Karel Smetana, H. Klamová, I. Jirásková, Z. Hrkal

Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic

Received October 2007
Accepted December 2007

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