Ethane-freezing/methanol-fixation of cell monolayers: A procedure for improved preservation of structure and antigenicity for light and electron microscopies

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-342

  Neuhaus, Eva M ^a   Horstmann, Heinz ^a   Almers, Wolfhard ^a   Maniak, Markus ^b   Soldati, Thierry ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryofixation; Dictyostelium discoideum; Electron microscopy; Immunofluorescence; Preembedding immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0031880495     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3971     Document Type: Article

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