Conventional specimen preparation techniques for transmission electron microscopy of cultured cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1117, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-19

  Bozzola, John J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cultured cells; Eukaryotic cells; Transmission electron microscopy procedures

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FIXATIVE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; LIQUID CULTURE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84934440902     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-776-1_1     Document Type: Article

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