Cryoelectron tomography of isolated desmosomes

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Owen, Gethin Rh ^a   Acehan, Devrim ^b   Derr, K D ^a   Rice, William J ^a   Stokes, David L ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Desmosome; Electron tomography; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN CULTURE; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DESMOSOMES; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; MICE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 42449141114     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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