Micromanipulator-assisted vitreous cryosectioning and sample preparation by high-pressure freezing

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 481, Issue C, 2010, Pages 165-194

  Ladinsky, Mark S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BOOK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HYPERBARISM; IMAGING; LABORATORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROMANIPULATOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE; TISSUE SECTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77957231851     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)81008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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