Chapter 9 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy. Biological Applications

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

Volumn 159, Issue C, 2009, Pages 357-386

  Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annular dark field detector; Chaperonins; High throughput visual proteomics; Mass mapping; Secretins; STEM image formation

Indexed keywords

DARK-FIELD DETECTORS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT VISUAL PROTEOMICS; PROTEOMICS; STEM IMAGES;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROTEINS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 71849110960     PISSN: 10765670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-5670(09)59009-X     Document Type: Review

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