Scanning EM of non-heavy metal stained biosamples: Large-field of view, high contrast and highly efficient immunolabeling

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 202-207

  Kuipers, Jeroen ^a   de Boer, Pascal ^a   Giepmans, Ben N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrasting; Immuno EM; Nanotomy; Quantum dots; Scanning EM; Scanning transmission EM; Transmission EM; Virtual EM

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HEAVY METAL; QUANTUM DOT; METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; BIOMEDICINE; ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

GOLD; HUMANS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84940892496     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.07.012     Document Type: Article

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