Chapter 9 Close-to-Native Ultrastructural Preservation by High Pressure Freezing

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2008, Pages 151-164

  Vanhecke, Dimitri ^a   Graber, Werner ^a   Studer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELLS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 46249119927     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)00409-3     Document Type: Review

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