In-situ integrity control of frozen-hydrated, vitreous lamellas prepared by the cryo-focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-18

  De Winter, D A Matthijs ^a   Mesman, Rob J ^a,d   Hayles, Michael F ^b   Schneijdenberg, Chris T W M ^a   Mathisen, Cliff ^c   Post, Jan A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Cryo FIB SEM Technology   (Netherlands)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CEMOVIS; Cryo TEM tomography; FIB SEM; Transmission EBSD; TSEM; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BACK SCATTERED DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BEAM; FOCUSED ION BEAM; LAMELLAR BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VITREOUS BODY; WORKFLOW;

CEMOVIS; CRYO-TEM TOMOGRAPHY; FIB-SEM; TRANSMISSION EBSD; TSEM; YEAST;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTOMY;

EID: 84879885524     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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