Cryo-soft X-ray tomography: A journey into the world of the native-state cell

Protoplasma

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 449-458

  Carzaniga, Raffaella ^a   Domart, Marie Charlotte ^a   Collinson, Lucy M ^a   Duke, Elizabeth ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cells; Correlative; Cryo fluorescence; Cryo soft X ray tomography; Native state

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICES; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 84894071603     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0583-y     Document Type: Review

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