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A fixation procedure for electron microscopy is described which includes a simultaneous glutaraldehyde-OsO4 fixation followed by postosmication. This procedure was found to have considerable advantages in preserving structures of plant and animal cells.
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Franke, W.W., Krien, S. & Brown, R.M. Simultaneous glutaraldehyde-osmium tetroxide fixation with postosmication. Histochemie 19, 162–164 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281096
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