Three-dimensional reconstruction methods for caenorhabditis elegans ultrastructure

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 96, Issue C, 2010, Pages 331-361

  Müller Reichert, Thomas ^a   Mancuso, Joel ^b   Lich, Ben ^c   McDonald, Kent ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GATAN INC   (United States)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOOK; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FREEZE DRYING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77957006096     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)96015-9     Document Type: Book

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