Saccharomyces cerevisiae nuclear and nucleolar antigen preservation for immunoelectron microscopy

Folia Biologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 97-109

  Mistríková, Veronika ^a,b   Bednar J ^a,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical fixation; Freeze substitution; High pressure freezing; Immunoelectron microscopy; Nucleolus; Nucleus; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALPHA TUBULIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PROTEIN NOP 1; PROTEIN NSP 1; PROTEIN NSR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANYL ACETATE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETONE; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; FORMALDEHYDE; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GLUTARAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77954393925     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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