Cryo-electron tomography reveals the cytoskeletal structure of Spiroplasma melliferum

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5708, 2005, Pages 436-438

  Kürner, Julia ^a   Frangakis, Achilleas S ^b   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROTEINS;

CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOSKELETAL STRUCTURES; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM CELLS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SPIROPLASMA; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 12344274281     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104031     Document Type: Article

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