Determination of molecular structures of HIV envelope glycoproteins using cryo-electron tomography and automated sub-tomogram averaging

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 58, 2011, Pages

  Meyerson, Joel R ^a,b   White, Tommi A ^a   Bliss, Donald ^c   Moran, Amy ^c   Bartesaghi, Alberto ^a   Borgnia, Mario J ^a   de la Cruz, M Jason V ^a   Schauder, David ^a   Hartnell, Lisa M ^a   Nandwani, Rachna ^a,d   Dawood, Moez ^e   Kim, Brianna ^f   Kim, Jun Hong ^g   Sununu, John ^h   Yang, Lisa ⁱ   Bhatia, Siddhant ^j   Subramaniam, Carolyn ^a   Hurt, Darrell E ^k   Gaudreault, Laurent ^l   Subramaniam, Sriram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e William Fremd High School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^l THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; Envelope glycoprotein; High school science; Hiv; Immunology; Issue 58; Membrane protein; National cancer institute; National institutes of health; National library of medicine; Scientific outreach; Scientific visualization; Structural biology; Transmission electron microscopy; Vaccine design

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455163507     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2770     Document Type: Article

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