Microwaves and tea: New tools to process plant tissue for transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-105

  Carpentier, Anaïs ^a,b   Abreu, Susana ^a   Trichet, Michael ^a   Satiat Jeunemaitre, Béatrice ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Bright Yellow 2 cells; Medicago sativa; Microwave assisted sample processing; Oolong tea; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; TISSUE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRIGHT YELLOW-2 CELL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED SAMPLE PROCESSING; OOLONG TEA; PLANT TISSUES; SAMPLE PROCESSING; TEA EXTRACTS; URANYL ACETATE;

CELLS;

EPOXY RESIN; RESIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGENICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAGO; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANT TISSUE; POLLEN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEA; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84862183657     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03626.x     Document Type: Article

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