The emergence of electron tomography as an important tool for investigating cellular ultrastructure

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 553-563

  McEwen, Bruce F ^a,b   Marko, Michael ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular ultrastructure; Electron tomograph; Microscopy; Plastic embedding; Reconstruction; Three dimensional; Transmission electron

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GAMMA TUBULIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035030787     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540104900502     Document Type: Review

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