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Ionic liquid-based transmission electron microscopy for herpes simplex virus type 1

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We thank Professor Yasuo Suda and Professor Masahiro Wakao (Kagoshima University, Japan) for their support in this research.

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    Tetsuya Tsuda, Koshi Kawakami, Eiko Mochizuki & Susumu Kuwabata

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This research was supported by Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST) from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and from Senri Life Science Foundation in Japan.

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Tetsuya Tsuda declares that he has no conflict of interest. Koshi Kawakami declares that he has no conflict of interest. Eiko Mochizuki declares that he has no conflict of interest. Susumu Kuwabata declares that he has no conflict of interest.

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This article is part of a Special Issue on ‘Ionic Liquids and Biomolecules’ edited by Antonio Benedetto and Hans-Joachim Galla

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Tsuda, T., Kawakami, K., Mochizuki, E. et al. Ionic liquid-based transmission electron microscopy for herpes simplex virus type 1. Biophys Rev 10, 927–929 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-018-0417-4

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