Biological ultrastructure research; the first 50 years.

Abstract:

:The second half of the 20th century has witnessed the birth and growth of biological ultrastructure research--a branch of cell biology in which electron microscopy plays an important role. After a humble start in around 1950, when only a limited arsenal of instrumentation was available, a wealth of auxiliary methodologies were developed and gradually put in use. Here we review these techniques: ultramicrotomy of "optimally" fixed and prepared samples, histochemical methods such as immuno-electron microscopy and electron microscope autoradiography, negative staining techniques, freeze-fracturing and other techniques. Closer to the millennium shift, various cryotechniques have gradually developed. Together with computer-based reconstruction methods they are likely to play increasingly more important roles in the future.

journal_name

Tissue Cell

journal_title

Tissue & cell

authors

Afzelius BA,Maunsbach AB

doi

10.1016/j.tice.2003.11.001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-04-01 00:00:00

pages

83-94

issue

2

eissn

0040-8166

issn

1532-3072

pii

S0040816603001034

journal_volume

36

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