Electron microscope image of an artificial cell nucleus constructed inside a mouse egg. (IMAGE)

Kindai University

Electron microscope image of an artificial cell nucleus constructed inside a mouse egg.

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The artificial cell nucleus (right) constructed using the purified DNA was morphologically very similar to the natural cell nucleus derived from an egg (left).

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Prof. Kazuo Yamagata from Kindai University

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