Preservation of Immunoreactivity and Fine Structure of Adult C. elegans Tissues Using High-pressure Freezing

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Rostaing, Philippe ^a   Weimer, Robby M ^a   Jorgensen, Erik M ^b   Triller, Antoine ^a   Bessereau, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

C elegans; High pressure freezing; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunogold

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CUTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON BEAM; FREEZING; FROZEN SECTION; HYPERBARISM; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0346157394     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540405200101     Document Type: Article

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