En bloc optical sectioning of resin-embedded specimens using a confocal laser scanning microscope

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-27

  Prior, D A M ^a   Oparka, K J ^a   Roberts, I M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto fluorescence; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Immunogold labelling; Optical sections; Resin embedding

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPES; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

3D STRUCTURE; AUTO FLUORESCENCE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LABELINGS; OPTICAL SECTIONING; OPTICAL SECTIONS; RESIN EMBEDDING;

EPOXY RESINS;

EPOXY RESIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BARLEY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EMBEDDING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER MICROSCOPE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0032920393     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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