Bridging the imaging gap: Visualizing subcellular architecture with electron tomography

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-322

  Subramaniam, Sriram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STAINING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 20444473790     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.04.012     Document Type: Review

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