3D imaging and quantitative analysis of small solubilized membrane proteins and their complexes by transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-107

  Vahedi Faridi, Ardeschir ^a   Jastrzebska, Beata ^a   Palczewski, Krzysztof ^a   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D electron microscopy; Detergent belt; Membrane protein complex; Negative staining; Rhodopsin transducin complex; Scanning transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PICHIA; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AQUAPORINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DETERGENTS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEGATIVE STAINING; PICHIA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

3D ELECTRON; 3D IMAGING; 3D MAPS; 3D-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DETERGENT BELT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEX; NEGATIVE STAINING; RHODOPSIN-TRANSDUCIN COMPLEX; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSDUCIN;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84876703803     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs091     Document Type: Review

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