Investigation of resins suitable for the preparation of biological sample for 3-D electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-146

  Kizilyaprak, Caroline ^a   Longo, Giovanni ^a   Daraspe, Jean ^a   Humbel, Bruno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Durcupan; Epon; Epoxy; Focused ion beam (FIB); Lowicryl; Methacrylate; Radiation damage; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Shrinkage of resin section; Tomography; Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ION; RESIN; EPOXY RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL VOLUME; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; EPOXY RESINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLASTIC EMBEDDING;

EID: 84922710422     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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