Analysis of the intact surface layer of Caulobacter crescentus by cryo-electron tomography

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5855-5865

  Amat, Fernando ^a   Comolli, Luis R ^b   Nomellini, John F ^c   Moussavi, Farshid ^a   Downing, Kenneth H ^b   Smit, John ^c   Horowitz, Mark ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL LABELING; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; STAINING AND LABELING;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 78049421037     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00747-10     Document Type: Article

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