Rapid cryofixation of rabbit muscle fibres after a temperature jump

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 152-160

  Bennett, P M ^a   Tsaturyan, A ^b   Bershitsky, S ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cryofixation; Cryosnapper; Muscle structure; Temperature jump

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYOFIXATION; CRYOSNAPPER; HELICAL STRUCTURES; MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE STRUCTURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS; RAPID TEMPERATURE; RAPID TRANSITIONS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE JUMP;

FIBERS;

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREEZING; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE FIXATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036094838     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2002.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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