Osmium ammine: Review of current applications to visualize DNA in electron microscopy

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Biggiogera, Marco ^a   Courtens, Jean Luc ^b   Derenzini, Massimo ^c   Fakan, Stan ^d   Hernandez Verdun, Danièle ^e   Risueno, Maria Carmen ^f   Soyer Gobillard, Marie Odile ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Centre de Microscopie Electronique   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^g LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

DNA detection; Electron microscopy; Osmium ammine

Indexed keywords

OSMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030497990     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)89269-6     Document Type: Review

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