Preparing whole mounts of biological specimens for imaging macromolecular structures by light and electron microscopy

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-239

  Bell Jr , Paul B ^a,b   Safiejko Mroczka, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE CULTURE; VISUALIZATION;

CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE LIGHT MICROSCOPY (FLM); MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE CELLS;

SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

EID: 0030646054     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1997)8:3<225::AID-IMA1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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