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Freeze Etching

Known as: Etching, Freeze, Freeze-etching 
A replica technique in which cells are frozen to a very low temperature and cracked with a knife blade to expose the interior surfaces of the cells… Expand
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Electron MicroscopyFreeze FracturingTransmission Electron MicroscopesTransmission Electron Microscopy
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Atomic and molecular imaging at the single-cell level with TOF-SIMS.
A complete cold chain freeze-fracture methodology has been developed to test the feasibility of using time-of-flight secondary… Expand
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Ultrastructure of the intima in WHHL and cholesterol-fed rabbit aortas prepared by ultra-rapid freezing and freeze-etching.
Intima from aortas of normal Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidemic (WHHL) and cholesterol-fed (10 days - 3 months) rabbits were… Expand
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
THE STRUCTURE OF ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANES STUDIED BY FREEZE-ETCHING
The distribution of specific glycoprotein receptors on the external surfaces of red cells was mapped, by the freeze-etching… Expand
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Metabolic Coupling, Ionic Coupling and Cell Contacts
Observations using electron microscopy and freeze-etching techniques show that both metabolic coupling and ionic coupling in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Lumenal plasma membrane of the urinary bladder. I. Three-dimensional reconstruction from freeze-etch images.
To determine the three-dimensional structure of the lumenal membrane of transitional epithelium, a study was made of sectioned… Expand
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Recent progress in the freeze-etching technique.
  • H. Moor
  • Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society…
  • 1971
    • Corpus ID: 19363268
The freeze-etching technique must be improved if structures at the molecular size level are to be seen. The limitations of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Membrane splitting in freeze-ethching. Covalently bound ferritin as a membrane marker.
The freeze-etch technique was used to observe red blood cell ghosts labeled on both surfaces with covalently bound ferritin… Expand
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Lamellar and hexagonal lipid phases visualized by freeze-etching.
Abstract 1. 1. Rapid freezing of lipid-water preparations preserves the structure of the high temperature phases. Both lamellar… Expand
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
An electron microscopic study of the fenestrated endothelial lining of rat liver sinusoids.
  • E. Wisse
  • Journal of ultrastructure research
  • 1970
    • Corpus ID: 20965056
After perfusion fixation the sinusoidal lining of rat liver is composed mainly of endothelial cell processes bearing… Expand
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Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
FINE STRUCTURE IN FROZEN-ETCHED YEAST CELLS
The freeze-etching technique, which is a special kind of freeze-drying, allows electron microscopic investigation of cells and… Expand
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