Expedited approaches to whole cell electron tomography and organelle mark-up in situ in high-pressure frozen pancreatic islets

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-313

  Noske, Andrew B ^a   Costin, Adam J ^a   Morgan, Garry P ^a   Marsh, Brad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Automation; Beta cell; Cellular tomography; Cytoskeleton; Electron microscope tomography; Endocrine; Exocytosis; Golgi; Insulin; Insulin secretion; Islets of Langerhans; Mammalian; Montaging; Pancreas; Secretory granules; Segmentation; Trans Golgi; Transforms

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HORMONE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HORMONE RELEASE; INSULIN RELEASE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; ORGANELLE SIZE; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; ORGANELLES; TOMOGRAPHY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 40649109074     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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