Electron cryotomography of vitrified cells with a Volta phase plate

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-154

  Fukuda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Laugks, Ulrike ^a   Lučić, Vladan ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Danev, Radostin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron cryotomography; Focused ion beam; Phase contrast; Primary cultured neurons; Volta phase plate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPTOSOME; VITRIFICATION; VOLTA PHASE PLATE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84928696968     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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