Electron cryotomography: a new view into microbial ultrastructure

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-340

  Li, Zhuo ^a   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXYSOME; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 66349121016     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.03.007     Document Type: Review

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