Zernike phase contrast cryo-electron tomography of whole bacterial cells

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-133

  Guerrero Ferreira, Ricardo C ^a   Wright, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Caulobacter crescentus; Cryo electron tomography (cryo ET); Defocus phase contrast (DPC); Vibrio vulnificus; Zernike phase contrast (ZPC)

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTRAST; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ZERNIKE PHASE CONTRAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY (CRYO-ET); DEFOCUS PHASE CONTRAST (DPC); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ZERNIKE PHASE CONTRAST (ZPC);

BACTERIA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST;

EID: 84891014404     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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