Spray-freezing freeze substitution (SFFS) of cell suspensions for improved preservation of ultrastructure

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-328

  Fields, Stephen D ^a,b   Strout, Gregory W ^a   Russell, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chroomonas; Dictyostelium; Gymnodinium; Procholorococcus; Ultrarapid freezing

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; MESH GENERATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CELL SUSPENSION; CHEMICAL FIXATION; CHROOMONAS; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; DICTYOSTELIUM; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GYMNODINIA; PROCHOLOROCOCCUS; ULTRARAPID FREEZING; UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

FREEZING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; CHROOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM;

EID: 0030742877     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970801)38:3<315::AID-JEMT12>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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