Three-dimensional image reconstruction of large nuclear RNP (lnRNP) particles by automated electron tomography

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 570-583

  Sperling, Ruth ^a   Koster, Abraham J ^b,c   Melamed Bessudo, Cathy ^d   Rubinstein, Alexander ^a   Angenitzki, Mina ^a   Berkovitch Yellin, Ziva ^d   Sperling, Joseph ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; lnRNP particles; Model; Pre mRNA splicing

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031552369     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0898     Document Type: Article

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