SDS-digested freeze-fracture replica labeling electron microscopy to study the two-dimensional distribution of integral membrane proteins and phospholipids in biomembranes: Practical procedure, interpretation and application

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-96

  Fujimoto, Kazushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FREEZE FRACTURING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0031046606     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050092     Document Type: Review

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