Preparation of cells for assessing ultrastructural localization of nanoparticles with transmission electron microscopy

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 744-757

  Schrand, Amanda M ^a   Schlager, John J ^a   Dai, Liming ^b   Hussain, Saber M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SOOT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOCYTOSIS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOOT; VACUOLES;

EID: 77954076462     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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