Contribution of cryoelectron microscopy of vitreous sections to the understanding of biological membrane structure

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8959-8964

  Leforestier, Amélie ^a   Lemercier, Nicolas ^a   Livolant, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical alveoli; Golgi; Multilamellar body; Thylakoid; Transmembrane proteins

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAMERA; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANES; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 84861914247     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200881109     Document Type: Article

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