A useful method for observing intracellular structures of free and cultured cells by scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Koga, Daisuke ^a   Nakajima, Masato ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture cells; Free cells; Low melting point agarose; Osmium maceration method; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; SEPHAROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; EVALUATION; HELA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EPOXY RESINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANELLES; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ACETAL RESINS; CYTOLOGY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRONS; EPOXY RESINS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

AGAROSE; CULTURE CELLS; CULTURED CELL; FREE CELLS; INTRACELLULAR STRUCTURES; LOW MELTING POINT; LOW-MELTING-POINT AGARISE; OSMIUM-MACERATION METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84863925555     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfr098     Document Type: Article

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