Three-dimensional visualization of the molecular architecture of cell-cell junctions in situ by cryo-electron tomography of vitreous sections

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 961, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-117

  Al Amoudi, Ashraf ^a   Frangakis, Achilleas S ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; Intercellular junctions; Subtomogram Averaging; Vitreous cryosectioning

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; DESMOSOMES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; SKIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879305369     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-227-8_4     Document Type: Article

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