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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2024

Electron Microscopy of Cryptococcus neoformans: Processing Challenges to Avoid Artifacts.

Glauber R de S Araújo, Bruno Pontes, Susana Frases

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Glauber R de S AraújoLaboratório de Biofísica de Fungos, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. glauber@biof.ufrj.br.
Bruno PontesLaboratório de Pinças Ópticas Moysés Nussenzveig (LPO), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Susana FrasesLaboratório de Biofísica de Fungos, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This chapter describes methodological details for preparing specimens of Cryptococcus neoformans (although it can be applied to any species of the genus) and their subsequent analysis by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Adaptations to conventional protocols for better preservation of the sample, as well as to avoid artifacts, are presented. The protocols may be used to examine both the surface ultrastructure and the interior of this pathogenic fungus in detail.

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ArtifactsCryptococcus neoformansMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionSpecimen HandlingCell wallCryptococcus neoformansFungiPolysaccharide capsuleScanning electron microscopyTransmission electron microscopy

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PMID38758316

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