Development and application of STEM for the biological sciences

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-49

  Sousa, Alioscka A ^a   Leapman, Richard D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular structure; Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); Electron tomography; Gold nanoparticles; Graphene; Macromolecular assemblies; Mass mapping; Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM)

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MASS MAPPING; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORUS; PROBES; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOMEDICINE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEINS;

EID: 84870396882     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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