Morphology and structure of lipoproteins revealed by an optimized negative-staining protocol of electron microscopy

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Song, James ^b   Cavigiolio, Giorgio ^c   Ishida, Brian Y ^d   Zhang, Shengli ^e   Kane, John P ^d   Weisgraber, Karl H ^b   Oda, Michael N ^c   Rye, Kerry Anne ^f,g,h   Pownall, Henry J ⁱ   Ren, Gang ^a,b,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g University of Sydney   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipoprotein morphology; Lipoprotein structure; Protocol

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BUFFER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEGATIVE STAINING;

EID: 78650876748     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D010959     Document Type: Article

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