Of plants and other pets: Practical aspects of freeze-substitution and resin embedding

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-52

  Hess, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryofixation; Extraction artefacts; HepG2; High pressure freezing; Higher plants; Mini review; Pollen; Specimen preparation; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; FREEZING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESINS; TISSUE;

CRYOFIXATION; EMBEDDINGS; EXTRACTION ARTIFACT; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; HEPG2; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; HIGHER PLANTS; MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE; MINI-REVIEW; POLLEN;

SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

ACETONE; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ALCOHOL; ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; OSMIUM; RESIN; URANYL ACETATE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTHER; ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVICE; EMBEDDING; EXTRACTION; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT TISSUE; POLLEN; PRESCRIPTION; PRESERVATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; LEDEBOURIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0142088982     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01237.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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