Cryopreparation of biological specimens for immunoelectron microscopy

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-247

  Möbius, Wiebke ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Freeze substitution; Freeze fracture cytochemistry; High pressure freezing; Immunolabelling; Progressive lowering of temperature embedding; Tokuyasu cryosectioning

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; EMBEDDING; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 67349106707     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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