Cryo-electron Tomography of Microtubules Assembled In Vitro from Purified Components

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 777, Issue , 2011, Pages 193-208

  Coquelle, Frédéric M ^a   Blestel, Sophie ^a,b   Heichette, Claire ^a   Arnal, Isabelle ^a   Kervrann, Charles ^b   Chrétien, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; Fiducial markers; Microtubule; Microtubule associated proteins; Segmentation; Three dimensional reconstruction; Tubulin; XMAP215

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; TUBULIN;

EID: 79960922364     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-252-6_14     Document Type: Chapter

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