Cryo-negative staining

Micron

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 145-160

  Adrian, Marc ^a   Dubochet, Jacques ^a   Fuller, Stephen D ^b   Harris, J Robin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast; Cryo electron microscopy; Macromolecule; Negative staining; Virus; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE; CATALASE; CHAPERONIN; COLORING AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PROTEASOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CATTLE; COLORING AGENTS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FREEZE DRYING; GROEL PROTEIN; HEMOCYANIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NEGATIVE STAINING; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; VIRUSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS; TURNIP YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0032052907     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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