Molecular cryo-electron tomography of vitreous tissue sections: Current challenges

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-307

  Norlen L ^a,b   Oktem O ^c   Skoglund, U ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CEMOVIS; Electron tomography; Regularization; Skin; Tomography of vitreous sections; TOVIS

Indexed keywords

TISSUE;

'CURRENT; CEMOVIS; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR COMPLEXES; REGULARISATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TISSUE SECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY OF VITREOUS SECTION; TOVIS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 69249119907     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03219.x     Document Type: Review

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