EM 3D contour maps provide protein assembly at the nanoscale within the neuronal porosome complex

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-111

  Cho, W J ^a   Ren, G ^b   Jena, B P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D contour maps; Nanoscale protein assembly; Porosome complex

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS; PROTEINS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

3D CONTOUR MAP; 3D CONTOURS; CONTOUR MAP; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; NANOSCALE PROTEINS; NERVE TERMINALS; POROSOME; POROSOME COMPLEX; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT;

EID: 52649113152     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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