ELCS in ice: Cryo-electron microscopy of nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets

Chromosoma

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-312

  Eltsov, Mikhail ^a   Sosnovski, Sergey ^b   Olins, Ada L ^c   Olins, Donald E ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

30 nm chromatin fibers; Aldehyde fixation; Chromatin structure; Cryo electron microscopy; Envelope limited chromatin sheets (ELCS); High pressure freeze substitution

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ICE; RETINOIC ACID; CHROMATIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ENVELOPE LIMITED CHROMATIN SHEET; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; HL 60 CELL LINE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NONHUMAN; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHROMATIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE;

EID: 84904188680     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0454-0     Document Type: Article

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