3-D Ultrastructure of O. tauri: Electron Cryotomography of an Entire Eukaryotic Cell

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Henderson, Gregory P ^a   Gan, Lu ^a   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; GREEN ALGA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI; PEROXISOME; RIBOSOME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE CELL;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROTUBULES; ORGANELLES; SEAWATER;

EUKARYOTA; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI;

EID: 40349094722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000749     Document Type: Article

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