Vitrification of cryoelectron microscopy specimens revealed by high-speed photographic imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-53

  Kasas, S ^a,d   Dumas, G ^b   Dietler, G ^c   Catsicas, S ^d   Adrian, Marc ^c  

^a Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie   (Switzerland)

^b Soc Vaudoise d'Astronomie   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryoelectron microscopy; Evaporation; Liquid ethane; Specimen preparation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COOLANTS; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; VITRIFICATION;

BLOCKINGS; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREE FALL; HIGH SPEED; LIQUID ETHANE; PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

EVAPORATION;

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STROBOSCOPY; VITRIFICATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; TIME;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041728684     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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