Probing the Plasma Membrane Structure of Immune Cells Through the Analysis of Membrane Sheets by Electron Microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 748, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-182

  Lillemeier, Björn F ^b   Davis, Mark M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Plasma membrane; Protein distribution; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79960970353     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-139-0_12     Document Type: Chapter

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