Freeze-fracture of Monolayer Cultures

Overview

Journal J Cell Biol

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 1977 Mar 1

PMID 838774

Citations 28

Authors

B Pauli

R S Weinstein

L W Soble

J Alroy

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Abstract

This paper describes a simple method for the freeze-fracturing of cells in monolayers or multi-layer tissue cultures. The method produces high quality replicas and is applicable to the study of virtually any tissue culture or organ culture system. It uses standard materials and equipment for both tissue culture and freeze-fracturing.

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