The three-dimensional structure of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 259-270

  Van De Meene, Allison M L ^a   Hohmann Marriott, Martin F ^a   Vermaas, Wim F J ^a   Roberson, Robert W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Electron tomography; Field emission cryo scanning electron microscopy; Serial section reconstruction; Thylakoid membrane biogenesis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYTOPLASM; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THYLAKOIDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 29144514372     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0027-y     Document Type: Article

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