An improved cryo-FIB method for fabrication of frozen hydrated lamella

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 218-223

  Zhang, Jianguo ^a   Ji, Gang ^a   Huang, Xiaojun ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Sun, Fei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cell ultrastructure; Cryo electron tomography; Cryo focused ion beam; Frozen hydrated lamella; Molybdenum grid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRYO FOCUSED ION BEAM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLAST; FREEZING; FROZEN HYDRATED LAMELLA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SF9 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; MALE; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; SPODOPTERA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLASTS; FROZEN SECTIONS; MALE; MICE; SF9 CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 84960488896     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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