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In situ flat embedding of monolayers and cell relocation in the acrylic resin LR White for comparative light and electron microscopy studies

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A simple and reliable method has been developed for thein situ LR White embedding of cell monolayers grown on glass cover-slips. Combined with cytochemical or immunological procedures, this technique allows light and/or electron microscopy investigations of a large number of cells in the same horizontal plane within a relatively short period of time. It can be applied to cells grown on microgrid finder cover-slips which allows a distinct site of even an individual cell of a monolayer to be studied at first at the light microscope level and subsequently at the electron microscope level. Hence, it is also suitable for controlling manipulation of single cells, followed by their serial sectioning after relocation in the electron microscope.

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  1. Histologisch-Embryologisches Institut der Universität Wien, Schwarzspanierstr. 17, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    Marianne Steiner, Christian Schöfer & Wilhelm Mosgoeller

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Steiner, M., Schöfer, C. & Mosgoeller, W. In situ flat embedding of monolayers and cell relocation in the acrylic resin LR White for comparative light and electron microscopy studies. Histochem J 26, 934–938 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388570

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