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National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

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A giant cell resulting from Burkholderia infection undergoing abortive cell division. Part 1: The genetic material in the giant cell is highly condensed, similar to what happens during normal cell division. Burkholderia bacteria are shown in red, the nuclei and DNA in blue and the membrane of the giant cell in magenta.

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Dr Gan Yunn Hwen

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