freeze etching

freeze etching
a technique for preparing specimens for electron microscopy. The unfixed tissue is frozen and then split with a knife and a layer of ice is sublimed from the exposed surface. The resultant image is thus not distorted by chemical fixatives.

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  • freeze-etching — freeze etching. См. замораживание травление. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • freeze etching — freeze′ etch ing or freeze′etch ing n. cbl the preparation of biological material for electron microscopic study by freeze fracturing and subliming a layer of ice crystals from the fractured plane to expose the natural surfaces • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

  • freeze-etching — freeze etch·ing (frēzʹĕch ĭng) n. A method of specimen preparation for electron microscopy in which a replica is made from a sample that has been rapidly frozen and then fractured along natural planes of weakness to reveal its internal structure …   Universalium

  • freeze-etching — freeze etch·ing frē zech iŋ n preparation of a specimen (as of tissue) for electron microscopic examination by freezing, fracturing along natural structural lines, and preparing a replica (as by simultaneous vapor deposition of carbon and… …   Medical dictionary

  • freeze etching — If a freeze fractured specimen is left for any length of time before shadowing, then water will sublime off from the specimen etching (lowering) those surfaces that are not protected by a lipid bilayer. Some etching will take place following any… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • freeze-etching — noun Date: 1968 freeze fracture …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • freeze etching — Biol. the preparation of material for electron microscopic study by freeze fracturing and then subliming a layer of ice crystals from the fractured plane to expose the natural surfaces. Also, freezeetching. [1965 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • freeze etching — Biol. the preparation of material for electron microscopic study by freeze fracturing and then subliming a layer of ice crystals from the fractured plane to expose the natural surfaces. Also, freezeetching. [1965 70] …   Useful english dictionary

  • freeze etching — a technique for preparing specimens for electron microscopy. The unfixed tissue is frozen and then split with a knife and a layer of ice is sublimed from the exposed surface. The resultant image is thus not distorted by chemical fixatives …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • freeze-etching — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun : preparation of a specimen (as of tissue) for electron microscopic examination by freezing, fracturing along natural structural lines, and preparing a replica (as by simultaneous vapor deposition of carbon and platinum) …   Useful english dictionary

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