Application of 10-μm thin stainless foil to a new assembly of the specimen carrier in high-pressure freezing

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Sawaguchi, Akira ^a   Ide, Soyuki ^a   Suganuma, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric gland; High pressure freezing; Specimen carrier; Stainless foil; Ultrastructure; Vitreous freezing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; RAT; STOMACH; STOMACH MUCOSA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MORPHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; FREEZING TECHNIQUES; GASTRIC GLAND; HIGH WATER CONTENT; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; RELIABLE METHODS; SPECIMEN CARRIER; STAINLESS FOILS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITREOUS FREEZING;

FREEZING;

EID: 23944481618     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfi023     Document Type: Article

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