Enhanced effects of nonisotopic hafnium chloride in methanol as a substitute for uranyl acetate in TEM contrast of ultrastructure of fungal and plant cells

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 825-830

  Ikeda, Ken Ichi ^a   Inoue, Kanako ^a   Kanematsu, Satoko ^b   Horiuchi, Yoshitaka ^c   Park, Pyoyun ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungus; Hafnium chloride; Nonisotope; Plant; Ultrastructural contrast; Uranyl acetate

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ENHANCED EFFECTS; FUNGAL CELLS; NONISOTOPE; PLANT; PLANT CELL STRUCTURES; PLANTS CELLS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CONTRAST; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY; URANYL ACETATE;

FUNGI;

FUNGI;

EID: 80051973470     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20964     Document Type: Article

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