Zernike phase-contrast electron cryotomography applied to marine cyanobacteria infected with cyanophages

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2630-2642

  Dai, Wei ^a   Fu, Caroline ^a   Khant, Htet A ^a   Ludtke, Steven J ^a   Schmid, Michael F ^a   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HOST CELL; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DEVICE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHASE PLATE; PHASE PLATE AIRLOCK SYSTEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; ZERNIKE PHASE CONTRAST ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908192094     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.176     Document Type: Article

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