Chapter 15 Electron Microscopy of Intermediate Filaments: Teaming up with Atomic Force and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2008, Pages 273-297

  Kreplak, Laurent ^a   Richter, Karsten ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^b   Herrmann, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 46449131139     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)00415-9     Document Type: Review

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