Embedment-free section electron microscopy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-243

  Kondo, Hisatake ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic matrix; Embedment free; Micotrabecular lattice; Polyethylene glycol; Protein concentration; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; EPOXY RESINS; POLYETHYLENES; PROTEINS; SOL-GELS;

CYTOPLASMIC MATRIX; EMBEDMENT-FREE; FREE ELECTRON; GEL STATE; IN-VITRO; INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; MATRIX; MICOTRABECULAR LATTICE; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; SOL'GEL;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 33846198831     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfl030     Document Type: Article

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