Cryonegative staining of macromolecular assemblies

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 481, Issue C, 2010, Pages 127-145

  De Carlo, Sacha ^a   Stark, Holger ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URYL FORMATE;

BOOK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HYDRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUID; MACROMOLECULE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE; STAINING;

EID: 77957232411     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)81006-7     Document Type: Chapter

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