Fluorescence cryo-microscopy: Current challenges and prospects

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-91

  Kaufmann, Rainer ^a,b   Hagen, Christoph ^a   Grünewald, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

BLEACHING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; REVIEW; VITRIFICATION; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84902513836     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.05.007     Document Type: Review

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