An atomic model of crystalline actin tubes: Combining electron microscopy with X-ray crystallography

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 703-711

  Steinmetz, Michel O ^a   Hoenger, Andreas ^a,b,c   Tittmann, Peter ^b   Fuchs, Karl H ^b   Gross, Heinz ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^a  

^a M E Muller Inst Microsc B   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D electron microscopy; Crystalline actin tubes; F actin; G actin; High resolution surface metal shadowing

Indexed keywords

DIMER; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032525166     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1717     Document Type: Article

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