Cryo-electron microscopy of biological samples

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 361-371

  Costello, M Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron crystallography; Cryo electron microscopy; High pressure freezing; High resolution electron microscopy; Pathology; Ultrastructural pathology; Ultrastructure; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CALNEXIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERBARISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; WATER;

EID: 33750888566     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120600932735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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