Blotting-free and lossless cryo-electron microscopy grid preparation from nanoliter-sized protein samples and single-cell extracts

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 220-226

  Arnold, Stefan A ^a,b   Albiez, Stefan ^a   Bieri, Andrej ^a   Syntychaki, Anastasia ^a   Adaixo, Ricardo ^a   McLeod, Robert A ^a   Goldie, Kenneth N ^a   Stahlberg, Henning ^a   Braun, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Microfluidics; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

UREASE; WATER; CELL EXTRACT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; FILM; MICROCIRCULATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOTTING; PROTEOMICS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; VITRIFICATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; MICROFLUIDICS; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL EXTRACTS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEINS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 85006877775     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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