Negative staining and cryo-negative staining: Applications in biology and medicine

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1117, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-258

  Harris, J Robin ^a,b   De Carlo, Sacha ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

2D crystal; 3D reconstruction; Affi nity labeling; Ammonium molybdate; Carbon support film; Cryo negative staining; Dynamic negative staining; Floating technique; Holey carbon support film; Immuno labeling; Negative staining; Negative staining carbon film (NS CF) technique; Polyethylene glycol (PEG); Single particle analysis; The single droplet technique; Trehalose; Uranyl acetate; Uranyl formate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; FORMIC ACID; MOLYBDIC ACID; PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA; TANNIN; URANYL ACETATE;

ADSORPTION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGY; CRYONEGATIVE STAINING; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEDICINE; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STAIN; STAINING; VIRUS;

FREEZING; NEGATIVE STAINING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84934441048     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-776-1_11     Document Type: Article

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