Rapid combined light and electron microscopy on large frozen biological samples

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-258

  Vogels, I M C ^a   Hoeben, K A ^a   Van Noorden, C J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryostat section; Electron microscopy; Histochemistry; Light microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYOSTATS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUSCLE;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CRYOSTAT SECTION; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FROZEN TISSUES; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLIC MAPPING; TISSUE SAMPLES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRAFT; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 69249089376     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03225.x     Document Type: Article

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