Electron tomography of ice-embedded prokaryotic cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 1031-1042

  Grimm, Rudo ^a   Singh, Hapreet ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^b   Typke, Dieter ^a   Zillig, Wolfram ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; PROKARYOSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM;

EID: 0031926887     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74028-7     Document Type: Article

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