Visualizing cellular processes at the molecular level by cryo-electron tomography

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-12

  Ben Harush, Kfir ^a   Maimon, Tal ^a   Patla, Israel ^a   Villa, Elizabeth ^b   Medalia, Ohad ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Cryo electron tomography; Cytoskeleton; Herpes simplex virus; Nuclear envelope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS ENTRY;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PORE;

EUKARYOTA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 72449161758     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.060111     Document Type: Article

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