Dissecting the 3-D structure of vimentin intermediate filaments by cryo-electron tomography

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-385

  Goldie, Kenneth N ^a,b   Wedig, Tatjana ^c   Mitra, Alok K ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^d   Herrmann, Harald ^c   Hoenger, Andreas ^a,e  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; Intermediate filament; Protofibrils; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIMENTIN;

METAZOA;

EID: 34248578409     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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