Scanning electron microscopy

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.25, 2012, Pages

  Fischer, Elizabeth R ^a   Hansen, Bryan T ^a   Nair, Vinod ^a   Hoyt, Forrest H ^a   Dorward, David W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical point drying; Cryo SEM quantum dots; EM specimen preparation; Immune labeling; Microwave processing; Scanning electron microscopy; Specimen fracturing; Sputter coating

Indexed keywords

GOLD; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EXOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HELA CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; YERSINIA PESTIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84865281164     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc02b02s25     Document Type: Article

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