Feasibility of high pressure freezing with freeze substitution after long-term storage in chemical fixatives

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 942-946

  Venter, Chantelle ^a   Frederick van der Merwe, Christiaan ^b   Magdalena Oberholzer, Hester ^a   Bester, Megan Jean ^a   Taute, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hepatocytes; High pressure freezing; Sample storage; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; FREEZING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CHEMICAL FIXATION; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GLUTARALDEHYDES; HEPATOCYTES; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; LONG-TERM STORAGE; SAMPLE STORAGE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY;

TISSUE;

MUS;

FIXATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SAMPLE STORAGE; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HEPATOCYTES; HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING; SAMPLE STORAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FIXATIVES; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; FREEZING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIVER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84882872047     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22252     Document Type: Article

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