Comparison of different methods for thin section em analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-38

  Bleck, C K E ^a,f,g   Merz, A ^b   Gutierrez, M G ^a,f   Walther, P ^c   Dubochet, J ^d   Zuber, B ^e   Griffiths, G ^a,f,h  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy of vitreous sections; Electron microscopy analysis; Epoxy resin; Lowicryl HM20; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Tokuyasu cryo section

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; TEMPERATURE;

CELL ENVELOPES; CRYO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF VITREOUS SECTION; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; EMBEDDINGS; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; LOWICRYL HM20; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; THIN-SECTIONS; TOKUYASU CRYO-SECTION;

EPOXY RESINS;

BACTERIAL DNA; EPOXY RESIN; FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; EMBEDDING; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE SECTION; TOKUYASU CRYOSECTION METHOD; VITREOUS SECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 72349088728     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03299.x     Document Type: Article

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