Negative stains containing trehalose: Application to tubular and filamentous structures

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-52

  Harris, J Robin ^a   Gerber, Max ^a   Gebauer, Wolfgang ^a   Wernicke, Wolfgang ^a   Markl, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen; Keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH); Megathura crenulata; Microtubules; Negative stain; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144427046     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927696210438     Document Type: Article

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