A new device for high-pressure freezing of cultured cell monolayer using 10-μm-thin stainless discs as both culture plate and specimen carrier

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 203-206

  Sawaguchi, Akira ^a   Aoyama, Fumiyo ^a   Ide, Soyuki ^a   Goto, Yoshiteru ^b   Suganuma, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultured cell; High pressure freezing; Monolayer; Stainless disc

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREEZE DRYING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESSURE;

MAMMALIA;

CYTOLOGY; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; MONOLAYERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CELL BIOLOGY; CELL MONOLAYERS; CRYOFIXATION; CULTURE PLATES; CULTURED CELL; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; NEW DEVICES; RELIABLE METHODS; STAINLESS DISK;

FREEZING;

EID: 56549085039     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfn020     Document Type: Article

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