Energy filtered electron tomography of ice-embedded actin and vesicles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 482-489

  Grimm, Rudo ^a   Bärmann, Michael ^b   Häckl, Walter ^b   Typke, Dieter ^a   Sackmann, Erich ^b   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ICE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; ENERGY; FILTER; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0342894782     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78689-2     Document Type: Article

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