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Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) as a Tool to Visualize Microinjected Molecules and their Eukaryotic Sub-cellular Targets
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Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) as a Tool to Visualize Microinjected Molecules and their Eukaryotic Sub-cellular Targets

Published on: May 4, 2012

Correlative light and electron microscopy for the analysis of cell division

Stefanie Redemann1, Thomas Müller-Reichert

  • 1Structural Cell Biology Group, Experimental Center, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.

Journal of Microscopy
|June 6, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) combines dynamic and ultrastructural imaging for cell biology. This approach offers enhanced insights into cellular processes like mitosis and cytokinesis compared to individual methods.

Keywords:
C. elegansCLEMHeLa cellscytokinesiselectron microscopylight microscopymitosis

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