Reprint of: Atmospheric scanning electron microscope observes cells and tissues in open medium through silicon nitride film

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-202

  Nishiyama, Hidetoshi ^a   Suga, Mitsuo ^a   Ogura, Toshihiko ^b   Maruyama, Yuusuke ^b   Koizumi, Mitsuru ^a   Mio, Kazuhiro ^b   Kitamura, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Chikara ^b  

^a JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASEM; Cancer diagnosis; ClairScope; Film sealed environmental cell; Mesoscopic; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON NITRIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN COS7; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMOSOMES; COS CELLS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLDFISH; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77957932539     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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