Imaging complement by phase-plate cryo-electron tomography from initiation to pore formation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 155-162

  Sharp, Thomas H ^a   Faas, Frank G A ^a   Koster, Abraham J ^a,b   Gros, Piet ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C1; Complement; Electron tomography; Membrane attack complex; Phase plate

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1R; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIPOSOME MEMBRANE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPLEMENT C1; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84995812451     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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