Cryo-transmission electron microscopy of frozen-hydrated sections of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6112-6118

  Matias, Valério R F ^a   Al Amoudi, Ashraf ^b   Dubochet, Jacques ^b   Beveridge, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROZEN SECTION; HYPERBARISM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RIBOSOME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TISSUE FIXATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0141994975     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6112-6118.2003     Document Type: Article

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