Three-dimensional electron microscopic reconstruction of intracellular organellar arrangements in vascular smooth muscle - Further evidence of nanospaces and contacts: JCMM Express Images in Cellular-Molecular Medicine

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-998

  Tong, Wing Chiu ^a   Sweeney, Michele ^b   Jones, Carolyn J P ^c   Zhang, Henggui ^c   O'Neill, Stephen C ^c   Prior, Ian ^d   Taggart, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital 3 dimensional reconstruction; Electron microscopy; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MITOCHONDRION; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 67249147224     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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