Direct observation of biological molecules in liquid by environmental phase-plate transmission electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1091-1098

  Inayoshi, Yuhri ^a   Minoda, Hiroki ^a,b   Arai, Yoshihiro ^c   Nagayama, Kuniaki ^b,d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Tera Base Co   (Japan)

^d OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological material; Dynamic observation; Environmental TEM; Phase contrast; Phase plate TEM; Wet specimen older

Indexed keywords

BEAM BROADENING; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; COMBINATION METHOD; COMBINED METHOD; DYNAMIC OBSERVATION; ENERGY FILTERING; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IN-VACUUM; MODEL CALCULATIONS; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE PLATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER LAYERS; WET SPECIMEN OLDER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMOLECULES;

MYOSIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; RABBITS; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 84864821862     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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