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Lect. 6 composition & Architecture of plant viruses

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Electron microscopy<br />

• In 1924 L. de BROGLIE discovered the wave-character<br />

<strong>of</strong> electron rays thus giving the prerequisite for the<br />

construction <strong>of</strong> the electron microscope.<br />

• Invented by M. KNOLL and E. RUSKA (Technische<br />

Universität Berlin, 1932).<br />

• One <strong>of</strong> the first biological objects observed was the<br />

tobacco mosaic virus (TMV).<br />

• The first picture <strong>of</strong> a cell was published in 1945 by K. R.<br />

PORTER, A. CLAUDE and E. F. FULLAM (Rockefeller<br />

Institute, New York).<br />

• The Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)<br />

• The Scanning electron microscope (SEM)

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