Reconstructing adhesion structures in tissues by cryo-electron tomography of vitrified frozen sections

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-83

  Bokstad, Melanie ^a   Sabanay, Helena ^b   Dahan, Idit ^a   Geiger, Benjamin ^b   Medalia, Ohad ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cryo electron tomography; Cryo sectioning; Refrozen tissue; Sectioning; Smooth muscle; Tokuyasu technique; Vitrified frozen section (VFS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHICKEN; CRYO ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM; FROZEN SECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHICKENS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTIONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; VITRIFICATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84860573885     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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