Three-dimensional molecular architecture of the plasma-membrane-associated cytoskeleton as reconstructed by freeze-etch electron tomography

Methods Cell Biol. 2008:88:207-36. doi: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)00412-3.

Authors

Nobuhiro Morone¹, Chieko Nakada, Yasuhiro Umemura, Jiro Usukura, Akihiro Kusumi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-8502, Japan.

PMID: 18617036
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)00412-3

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Actin Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure
Animals
Cell Culture Techniques
Cell Membrane / metabolism
Cell Membrane / ultrastructure*
Cytoskeleton / metabolism
Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure*
Erythrocyte Membrane / drug effects
Erythrocyte Membrane / ultrastructure
Freeze Etching / methods*
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Models, Biological
Platinum / chemistry
Staining and Labeling / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

Platinum