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  • Title: Biological ultrastructure as revealed by high resolution cryo-SEM of block faces after cryo-sectioning.
    Author: Walther P, Müller M.
    Journal: J Microsc; 1999 Dec; 196(Pt 3):279-87. PubMed ID: 10594768.
    Abstract:
    Ultrastructural information was obtained by imaging the block face of high-pressure-frozen cryo-sectioned biological samples in a high-resolution cryo-SEM. Cryo-sectioning leads to a well-defined flat artificial surface in contrast to cryo-fracturing. Typical artefacts of cryo-sections such as compression and crevasses were not visible on the block face. The ultrastructural features known from resin sections and from freeze-fractures could also be found on the block faces. The cytoplasms show particles of different size which most likely represent proteins. The effects of radiation damage could be reduced considerably by applying the double layer coating technique and backscattered electron imaging. High quality cryo-sections are only obtained from vitrified material. Reasonably flat block faces were, however, also obtained from adequately frozen microcrystalline samples, thereby facilitating ultrastructural studies in the frozen hydrated state.
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