The making of frozen-hydrated, vitreous lamellas from cells for cryo-electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-190

  Hayles, Michael F ^a   Matthijs de Winter, D A ^b   Schneijdenberg, Chris T W M ^b   Meeldijk, Johannes D ^b,c   Luecken, Uwe ^a   Persoon, Hans ^a   de Water, Jeroen ^a   de Jong, Frank ^a   Humbel, Bruno M ^b,d   Verkleij, Arie J ^b  

^a Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CEMOVIS; Cryo fixation; Cryo lamella; Cryo section; Cryo TEM; FIB SEM; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77957957628     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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