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NATURE PROTOCOLS
卷 2, 期 3, 页码 547-576出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.55
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The freeze-fracture technique consists of physically breaking apart (fracturing) a frozen biological sample; structural detail exposed by the fracture plane is then visualized by vacuum-deposition of platinum-carbon to make a replica for examination in the transmission electron microscope. The four key steps in making a freeze-fracture replica are (i) rapid freezing, (ii) fracturing, (iii) replication and (iv) replica cleaning. In routine protocols, a pretreatment step is carried out before freezing, typically comprising fixation in glutaraldehyde followed by cryoprotection with glycerol. An optional etching step, involving vacuum sublimation of ice, may be carried out after fracturing. Freeze fracture is unique among electron microscopic techniques in providing planar views of the internal organization of membranes. Deep etching of ultrarapidly frozen samples permits visualization of the surface structure of cells and their components. Images provided by freeze fracture and related techniques have profoundly shaped our understanding of the functional morphology of the cell.
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