Visualization of cytoskeletal elements in the transmission X-ray microscope

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-82

  Scherfeld, Dag ^a   Schneider, Gerd ^a   Guttmann, Peter ^a   Osborn, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filaments; Interphase cells; Limit of resolution; X ray microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032170781     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4017     Document Type: Article

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