Three-dimensional imaging of the highly bent architecture of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus by using cryo-electron tomography

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2588-2596

  Borgnia, Mario J ^a   Subramaniam, Sriram ^a   Milne, Jacqueline L S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BDELLOVIBRIO; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; TOMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 41549137007     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01538-07     Document Type: Article

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