Three-dimensional visualization of virus-infected cells by serial sectioning: An electron microscopic study using resin embedded cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1064, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-237

  Schauflinger, Martin ^a   Villinger, Clarissa ^b   Walther, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Serial sectioning; Three dimensional visualization; Transmission electron microscopy; Viral assembly complex; Virus morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EMBEDDING; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS INFECTION; WHOLE CELL;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; VIRUSES;

EID: 84884174861     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-601-6_16     Document Type: Article

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