Negative staining and cryo-negative staining of macromolecules and viruses for TEM

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-131

  De Carlo, Sacha ^a   Harris, J Robin ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological assemblies; Cryo negative staining; Macromolecular structure; Negative staining; TEM

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE; BIOLOGICAL ASSEMBLY; CARBON SUPPORT FILMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; NEGATIVE STAINING; TECHNICAL BACKGROUND; TEM; VIRAL STRUCTURES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; VIRUSES;

CARBON FILMS;

AIR; FREEZING; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS;

AIR; FREEZING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEGATIVE STAINING; VIRUSES;

EID: 78649808726     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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