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ArticleeLife2018

High-quality ultrastructural preservation using cryofixation for 3D electron microscopy of genetically labeled tissues.

Tin Ki Tsang, Eric A Bushong, Daniela Boassa, Junru Hu, Benedetto Romoli, Sebastien Phan, Davide Dulcis, Chih-Ying Su, Mark H Ellisman

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tin Ki Tsang *Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1002-106X
Eric A Bushong *National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-2433
Daniela BoassaNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
Junru HuNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
Benedetto RomoliDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
Sebastien PhanNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
Davide DulcisDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
Chih-Ying SuNeurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0005-1890
Mark H EllismanNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States.
University of California San Diego · US

Funding

IVEM and Image Analysis ResourceP41GM103412 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2012 to 2019
$17.9M
New Probe and Methods for Correlated LM & EMR01GM086197 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ADAMS, STEPHEN ROY, BOASSA, DANIELA · 2008 to 2020
$8.3M
Genetic analysis of state-dependent chemosensory processingR01DC016466 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SU, CHIH-YING · 2017 to 2025
$3.6M
Initial Stages of Olfactory Information ProcessingR01DC015519 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SU, CHIH-YING · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015519NIDCD NIH HHS R01DC015519NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016466NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103412NIGMS NIH HHS P41GM103412NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086197NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM086197
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electron microscopy (EM) offers unparalleled power to study cell substructures at the nanoscale. Cryofixation by high-pressure freezing offers optimal morphological preservation, as it captures cellular structures instantaneously in their near-native state. However, the applicability of cryofixation is limited by its incompatibility with diaminobenzidine labeling using genetic EM tags and the high-contrast

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimal StructuresBrainCryopreservationDrosophilaImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningSense OrgansAPEX2correlated light and electron microscopyCryoChemcryofixation by high pressure freezingD. melanogastergenetic labelingmolecular biophysicsmouseneuroscienceserial block-face scanning electron microscopystructural biology

Identifiers

PMID29749931
PMCPMC5988420
OpenAlexW2792622709

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