FIB/SEM tomography with TEM-like resolution for 3D imaging of high-pressure frozen cells

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 549-556

  Villinger, Clarissa ^a   Gregorius, Heiko ^a   Kranz, Christine ^a   Höhn, Katharina ^a,b   Münzberg, Christin ^c   Von Wichert, Götz ^c   Mizaikoff, Boris ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^d   Walther, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BON cells; FIB SEM; Focused ion beam; Freeze substitution; High pressure freezing; Scanning electron microscopy; Secondary electrons; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COATED VESICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ION BEAM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TOMOGRAPHY; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; FREEZING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PANCREAS; PRESSURE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84867337289     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-1020-6     Document Type: Article

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