A single method for cryofixation and correlative light, electron microscopy and tomography of zebrafish embryos

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Nixon, Susan J ^a   Webb, Richard I ^a   Floetenmeyer, Matthias ^a   Schieber, Nicole ^a   Lo, Harriet P ^a   Parton, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

CLEM; Cryofixation; GFP; Tomography; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MICROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 58549115708     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: 16000854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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