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The A to Z for Microscopy
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EBCCD Chip
Electron-bombarded CCD chip
Electrolytic Etching
Some materials react very slow to chemical etching (eg. stainless steel, chromium, nickel and cobalt based materials). In these cases electrolyte etching can be used ...
Embryonic stem cells
Embyronic stem cell lines, which were originally produced from the inner core of human blastocysts as well as those of other mammals, are now widely ...
EMCCD Chip
Electron multiplying CCD chip
Epitope tagging
An epitope (also known as an antigenic determinant) is a biological structure or sequence, such as a protein or carbohydrate, which is recognised by an ...
Epodye
Epodye is a fluorescent dye (Struers), which can be added to a cold mounting resin. When the specimen is observed with fluorescent light the ...
Etching
To enhance the contrast of a metal surface for observation in reflected light microscope etching is a ...
HCCD
Acronym for high-performance CCD.