Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy of Early Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos in Mitosis

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2007, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 101-119

  Müller Reichert, Thomas ^a   Srayko, Martin ^a   Hyman, Anthony ^a   O'Toole, Eileen T ^b   McDonald, Kent ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 33847176875     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)79004-5     Document Type: Review

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