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Introduction to Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy
Correlative microscopy, as an approach to combine methods of different modalities, has become increasingly important over the past years. With the advent of GFP and the accompanying improvements in light as well as in electron microscopy technology, it is the combination of both techniques in Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) that has generated the most attention. The rise in the importance of CLEM is reflected by a steady increase in publications related to the fusion of these
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Shaun Gamble (Elsevier) for his help in bringing this volume of Methods in Cell Biology to completion.
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