Chapter 11 Freeze-Fracture Cytochemistry in Cell Biology

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2008, Pages 181-204

  Severs, Nicholas J ^a   Robenek, Horst ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FREEZE FRACTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; FREEZE FRACTURING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 46249107687     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)00411-1     Document Type: Review

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