Conventional specimen preparation techniques for transmission electron microscopy of cultured cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-18

  Bozzola, John J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cultured cells; Eukaryotic cells; Preparative procedures; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

AGAR; BUFFER; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; EPOXY RESIN; FIXATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BUFFERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EPOXY RESINS; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLASTIC EMBEDDING;

EID: 34548021647     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-294-7:1     Document Type: Article

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