A cryo-FIB lift-out technique enables molecular-resolution cryo-ET within native Caenorhabditis elegans tissue
10.1038/s41592-019-0497-5
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Schaffer, M., Pfeffer, S., Mahamid, J., Kleindiek, S., Laugks, T., Albert, S., Engel, B. D., Rummel, A., Smith, A. J., Baumeister, W., & Plitzko, J. M. (2019). A cryo-FIB lift-out technique enables molecular-resolution cryo-ET within native Caenorhabditis elegans tissue. Nature Methods, 16(8), 757–762.

Authors 11
  1. Miroslava Schaffer (first)
  2. Stefan Pfeffer (additional)
  3. Julia Mahamid (additional)
  4. Stephan Kleindiek (additional)
  5. Tim Laugks (additional)
  6. Sahradha Albert (additional)
  7. Benjamin D. Engel (additional)
  8. Andreas Rummel (additional)
  9. Andrew J. Smith (additional)
  10. Wolfgang Baumeister (additional)
  11. Juergen M. Plitzko (additional)
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@article{Schaffer_2019, title={A cryo-FIB lift-out technique enables molecular-resolution cryo-ET within native Caenorhabditis elegans tissue}, volume={16}, ISSN={1548-7105}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0497-5}, DOI={10.1038/s41592-019-0497-5}, number={8}, journal={Nature Methods}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Schaffer, Miroslava and Pfeffer, Stefan and Mahamid, Julia and Kleindiek, Stephan and Laugks, Tim and Albert, Sahradha and Engel, Benjamin D. and Rummel, Andreas and Smith, Andrew J. and Baumeister, Wolfgang and Plitzko, Juergen M.}, year={2019}, month=jul, pages={757–762} }