The Physics of Rapid Cooling and Its Implications for Cryoimmobilization of Cells

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2007, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 7-21

  Dubochet, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; COLD; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; PHYSICS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 33847190617     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)79001-X     Document Type: Review

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