Cryo-fluorescence microscopy facilitates correlations between light and cryo-electron microscopy and reduces the rate of photobleaching

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-109

  Schwartz, Cindi L ^a   Sarbash, Vasily I ^b   Ataullakhanov, Fazoil I ^b   Mcintosh, J Richard ^a   Nicastro, Daniela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlative light and electron microscopy; Cryo electron tomography, cryo light microscopy; Green fluorescent protein; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

CELL ORGANIZATION; CELLULARS; CORRELATIVE LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY, CRYO-LIGHT MICROSCOPY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; MICROSCOPY IMAGES; MICROTUBULES;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 34548472879     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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