Cryo-immunoelectron microscopy of adherent cells improved by the use of electrospun cell culture substrates

Traffic

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 886-894

  Schmiedinger, Thomas ^a   Vogel, Georg F ^a   Eiter, Oliver ^a   Pfaller, Kristian ^a   Kaufmann, Walter A ^a   Flörl, Angelika ^a   Gutleben, Karin ^a   Schönherr, Sabine ^a   Witting, Barbara ^a   Lechleitner, Thomas W ^a   Ebner, Hannes L ^a   Seppi, Thomas ^a   Hess, Michael W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cryofixation; Cryosections; Electrospinning; Freeze substitution; Freeze fracture replica labelling; Gelatin nanofibres; High pressure freezing; Immunogold

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; NANOFIBER;

ADHERENT CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOIMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPINNING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELL CULTURE; CRYOFIXATION; CRYOSECTIONS; ELECTROSPINNING; FREEZE- SUBSTITUTION; FREEZE-FRACTURE REPLICA LABELLING; GELATIN NANOFIBRES; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; IMMUNOGOLD;

CACO-2 CELLS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GELATIN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84880131235     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: 16000854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tra.12080     Document Type: Article

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