A new view into prokaryotic cell biology from electron cryotomography

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 205-220

  Oikonomou, Catherine M ^a   Chang, Yi Wei ^a   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology HHMI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TWITCHING MOTILITY; BACTERIUM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84961059263     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.7     Document Type: Review

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