Direct visualization of receptor arrays in frozen-hydrated sections and plunge-frozen specimens of E. coli engineered to overproduce the chemotaxis receptor Tsr

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-83

  Zhang, P ^a   Bos, E ^b   Heymann, J ^a   Gnaegi, H ^c   Kessel, M ^a   Peters, P J ^b   Subramaniam, Sriram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Diatome SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis receptor; Cryoelectron microscopy; Diamond knife; Frozen hydrated section; High pressure freezing; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; HYDRATION; VISUALIZATION;

CHEMOTAXI; CHEMOTAXI RECEPTOR; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIAMOND KNIVES; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; E. COLI; E.COLI CELLS; FROZEN-HYDRATED SECTION; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; TOMOGRAPHIC;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL RECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS RECEPTOR TSR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; FROZEN SECTION; IMAGE DISPLAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4744346378     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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