Cellular structural biology as revealed by cryo-electron tomography

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 469-476

  Irobalieva, Rossitza N ^a   Martins, Bruno ^a   Medalia, Ohad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; In situ structural determination; Macromolecular assemblies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRIFICATION; CELLS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84957640893     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.171967     Document Type: Article

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