Native ultrastructure of the red cell cytoskeleton by cryo-electron tomography

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2341-2350

  Nans, Andrea ^a   Mohandas, Narla ^b   Stokes, David L ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL JUNCTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FREEZING; MOUSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; FREEZING; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEGATIVE STAINING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SPECTRIN;

EID: 81255184413     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.050     Document Type: Article

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