Simple plunge freezing applied to plant tissues for capturing the ultrastructure close to the living state

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 677-680

  Nitta, Koji ^a   Kaneko, Yasuko ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryofixation; Freeze substitution; Membranes; Pisum sativum; Plunge freezing; TEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PEA; PLANT LEAF; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOPRESERVATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PEAS; PLANT LEAVES;

PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CRYOFIXATION; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; LIQUID PROPANE; PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS; PISUM SATIVUM; PLANT TISSUES; PLUNGE FREEZING; SIMPLE++; TEM;

TISSUE;

EID: 13444256573     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfh092     Document Type: Article

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