Isolation, electron microscopic imaging, and 3-D visualization of native cardiac thin myofilaments

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-104

  Spiess, Martin ^a   Steinmetz, Michel O ^a   Mandinova, Anna ^a   Wolpensinger, Bettina ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^a   Atar, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 D helical reconstruction; Actin; Electron microscopy; Image processing; Myocardium; Thin myofilament; Troponin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033563699     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4111     Document Type: Article

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