Whole-Cell Investigation of Microtubule Cytoskeleton Architecture by Electron Tomography

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 145-167

  Hoog J L ^a   Antony, C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; MICROTUBULE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTERS; CYTOSKELETON; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33847175490     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)79006-9     Document Type: Review

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