Electron tomography of microtubule end-morphologies in C. elegans embryos

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 545, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-144

  O'Toole, Eileen ^a   Müller Reichert, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D modeling; C. elegans; cryofixation; early embryo; electron tomography; EM specimen preparation; freeze substitution; high pressure freezing; Mitosis; three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FREEZE DRYING; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 70350742181     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-993-2_8     Document Type: Article

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