"Tips and tricks" for high-pressure freezing of model systems

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 96, Issue C, 2010, Pages 671-693

  McDonald, Kent ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Müller Reichert, Thomas ^c   Webb, Rick ^d   Buser, Christopher ^a   Morphew, Mary ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOOK; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77957000049     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)96028-7     Document Type: Book

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