VIS2FIX: A high-speed fixation method for immuno-electron microscopy

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Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 806-814

  Karreman, Matthia A ^a   van Donselaar, Elly G ^a   Gerritsen, Hans C ^a   Verrips, C Theo ^a   Verkleij, Arie J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correlative microscopy; High pressure freezing; HUVEC; iLEM; Immuno transmission electron microscopy; Lipid; MDCK II; Section fixation; THP 1; VIS2FIX

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; VITREOUS SECTION FIXATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 79958767353     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: 16000854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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