Electron density imaging of protein films on gold-particle surfaces with transmission electron microscopy

Cytometry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-92

  Jürgens, Ludger ^a   Nichtl, Alfons ^a   Werner, Ulf ^b  

^a ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^b INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colloid chemistry; Gold conjugates; TEM

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PROTEIN; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLLOID; FILM; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CATTLE; COLLOIDS; GOLD; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEINS; RUTHENIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 0141878440     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19991001)37:2<87::AID-CYTO1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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