Liquid scanning transmission electron microscopy: Imaging protein complexes in their native environment in whole eukaryotic cells

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 346-365

  Peckys, Diana B ^a   De Jonge, Niels ^a,b  

^a INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental scanning electron microscopy; epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR); ESEM STEM; gold nanoparticle; Liquid STEM; live cell microscopy; specific label; whole cell

Indexed keywords

MACROMOLECULE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES;

EID: 84899474568     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614000099     Document Type: Article

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