Influence of chemical and freezing fixation methods in the freeze-fracture of stratum corneum

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-309

  Lopez O ^a   Lopez Iglesias C ^b   Cocera M ^a   Walther, P ^c   Parra, J L ^a   De La Maza, A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical fixation; Freeze fracture; High pressure freezing fixation; High resolution low temperature SEM; Stratum corneum; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

PROPANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FREEZE FRACTURE; FREEZING; HYPERBARISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWINE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1942489644     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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