A procedure to deposit fiducial markers on vitreous cryo-sections for cellular tomography

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-468

  Masich, Sergej ^a   Östberg, Tove ^a   Norlén, Lars ^a   Shupliakov, Oleg ^a   Daneholt, Bertil ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryo microscopy; Electron tomography; Fiducial markers; Keratin intermediate filaments; Lamellar body; Mitochondrion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LAMELLAR BODY; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM DOT; SKIN CELL; SUSPENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; VITREOUS BODY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750987284     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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