A new approach for cryofixation by high-pressure freezing

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-294

  Studer, D ^a,b,c   Graber, W ^a   Al Amoudi, A ^c   Eggli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryofixation; Cryomicroscopy; Cryosectioning; Electron microscopy; Freeze substitution; High pressure freezing

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; FREEZING; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CRYOFIXATION; CRYOMICROSCOPY; CRYOSECTIONING; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; FREEZING MACHINES; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; NEW APPROACHES; OUTER SURFACE; SMALL CONTAINERS;

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; FREEZING; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION; YEASTS;

EID: 0035462162     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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