Microwave assisted rapid diagnosis of plant virus diseases by transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 56, 2011, Pages

  Zechmann, Bernd ^a,b   Graggaber, Gerhard ^a   Zellnig, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Electron microscopy; Immunology; Issue 56; Microwave; Negative staining; Nicotiana; Phytopathology; TMV; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054931769     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2950     Document Type: Article

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