Structural analysis of supramolecular assemblies by cryo-electron tomography

Structure

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1522-1530

  Harapin, Jan ^a   Eibauer, Matthias ^a   Medalia, Ohad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPORIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TISSUES;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 84883466813     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.08.003     Document Type: Review

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