A comparison of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium as cryogens for electron cryotomography

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Iancu, Cristina V ^a   Wright, Elizabeth R ^a   Heymann, J Bernard ^a,b   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

CryoEM; Electron cryomicroscopy; Helium cooling; Radiation damage; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HELIUM; NITROGEN; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 32544437801     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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