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SUBMITTER: de Jonge N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2650183 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Jonge N N Peckys D B DB Kremers G J GJ Piston D W DW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090121 7
Single gold-tagged epidermal growth factor (EGF) molecules bound to cellular EGF receptors of fixed fibroblast cells were imaged in liquid with a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). The cells were placed in buffer solution in a microfluidic device with electron transparent windows inside the vacuum of the electron microscope. A spatial resolution of 4 nm and a pixel dwell time of 20 micros were obtained. The liquid layer was sufficiently thick to contain the cells with a thickness ...[more]