Electron tomographic analysis of frozen-hydrated tissue sections

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-73

  Hsieh, Chyong Ere ^a   Marko, Michael ^a   Frank, Joachim ^a,b,c   Mannella, Carmen A ^a,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbling; Crevasses; Cryo ultramicrotomy; High pressure freezing; Knife marks; Mitochondria; Radiation damage; Rat liver; Smoothing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HYDRATION; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIVER; MICROTOMY; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; ORGANELLES; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036410825     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00034-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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