Immersion freezing of biological specimens: rationale, principles, and instrumentation.
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Guenter P. Resch,1,5 Marlene Brandstetter,1 Angela M. Pickl-Herk,2 Lisa Königsmaier,3 Veronika I. Wonesch,1,4 and Edit Urban3 IMP-IMBA-GMI Electron Microscopy Facility, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 1030 Vienna, Austria Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 1030 Vienna, Austria University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cold Spring Harbor protocols
دوره 2011 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011