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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2021

In Situ Imaging and Structure Determination of Biomolecular Complexes Using Electron Cryo-Tomography.

Mohammed Kaplan, William J Nicolas, Wei Zhao, Stephen D Carter, Lauren Ann Metskas, Georges Chreifi, Debnath Ghosal, Grant J Jensen

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed KaplanDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
William J NicolasDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Wei ZhaoDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Stephen D CarterDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Lauren Ann MetskasDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Georges ChreifiDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Debnath GhosalDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Grant J JensenDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. jensen@caltech.edu.
California Institute of Technology · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Virus TransmissionP50AI150464 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SUNDQUIST, WESLEY I. · 2019 to 2021
$14.9M
Structure and Function of Pathogenesis-Associated Bacterial Structures by Electron CryotomographyR01AI127401 · NIAID · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GRANT J JENSEN · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
Imaging large macromolecular complexes inside cells with electron cryotomographyR35GM122588 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JENSEN, GRANT J · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS P50 AI150464NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127401NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET) is a technique that allows the investigation of intact macromolecular complexes while they are in their cellular milieu. Over the years, cryo-ET has had a huge impact on our understanding of how large biomolecular complexes look like, how they assemble, disassemble, function, and evolve(d). Recent hardware and software developments and combining cryo-ET with other techniques, e.g., focused ion beam milling (FIB-milling) and cryo-light microscopy, has extended the realm of cryo-ET to include transient molecular complexes embedded deep in thick samples (like eukaryotic cells) and enhanced the resolution of structures obtained by cryo-ET. In this chapter, we will present an outline of how to perform cryo-ET studies on a wide variety of biological samples including prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and biological plant tissues. This outline will include sample preparation, data collection, and data processing as well as hybrid approaches like FIB-milling, cryosectioning, and cryo-correlated light and electron microscopy (cryo-CLEM).

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3T3 CellsAnimalsArabidopsisCryoelectron MicroscopyCryoultramicrotomyElectron Microscope TomographyFibroblastsHumansMacromolecular SubstancesMiceSoftwareSpecimen HandlingMacromolecular SubstancesCryo-ETCryosectioningFIB-millingHigh-resolution tomographyIn situ structural biologySubtomogram averaging

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PMID33368000
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