Quantitative three-dimensional structural analysis of Exophiala dermatitidis yeast cells by freeze-substitution and serial ultrathin sectioning

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-143

  Biswas, Sondip Kumar ^a   Yamaguchi, Masashi ^a   Naoe, Norihide ^b   Takashima, Teruhiro ^b   Takeo, Kanji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seika Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Exophiala dermatitidis; Freeze substitution; Quantitative analysis; Serial ultrathin sectioning; Yeast cell

Indexed keywords

EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS;

CYTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

3-D RECONSTRUCTION; CELL VOLUME; CELL WALLS; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDI; EXPONENTIAL PHASE; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; MICROTUBULES; SERIAL ULTRATHIN SECTIONING; ULTRA-THIN; YEAST CELL;

CELLS;

EID: 0013304614     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/52.2.133     Document Type: Article

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