The ArrayGrid: A methodology for applying multiple samples to a single TEM specimen grid

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-112

  Castro Hartmann, Pablo ^a   Heck, Gerard ^a   Eltit, Jose M ^a   Fawcett, Paul ^b   Samsó, Montserrat ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; High throughput; Microarray; Negative staining; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; CROSS CONTAMINATION; DATA COLLECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT; KEY FEATURE; MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIPLE SAMPLES; NEGATIVE STAINING;

MICROARRAYS; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SCREENING;

CARBON; POLYVINYL ACETATE; ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTAMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SAMPLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

ACTINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM DOTS; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL;

EID: 84882758089     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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