Quantitative electron microscopy for the anoscale analysis of membrane lipid distribution

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-669

  Fujita, Akikazu ^a   Cheng, Jinglei ^a   Fujimoto, Toyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAVEOLA; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAVEOLAE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; FREEZE FRACTURING; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77954069481     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.20     Document Type: Article

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