The nuclear pore complex and lamina: Three-dimensional structures and interactions determined by field emission in-lens scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 848-865

  Goldberg, Martin W ^a   Allen, Terence D ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D organisation; Field emission in lens SEM; Nuclear lamins; Nuclear pore complex; Star ring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOPLASM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029869424     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0206     Document Type: Article

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