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ArticleNature communications2023

Facile hermetic TEM grid preparation for molecular imaging of hydrated biological samples at room temperature.

Lingli Kong, Jianfang Liu, Meng Zhang, Zhuoyang Lu, Han Xue, Amy Ren, Jiankang Liu, Jinping Li, Wai Li Ling, Gang Ren

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy of Bacterial Ultrastructure.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Lingli Kong *The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-2649
Jianfang Liu *The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6786-8873
Meng Zhang *The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9735-8970
Zhuoyang Lu *Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.
Han XueThe Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Amy RenDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
Jiankang LiuCenter for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-5037
Jinping LiDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Wai Li LingUniversité Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, F-38000, Grenoble, France. wai-li.ling@ibs.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4264-5750
Gang RenThe Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. gren@lbl.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8036-2321
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRMayo Clinic in Florida · USUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · USXi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE MANNOSE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTORSR01DK042667 · NIDDK · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI DAHMS, NANCY M. · 1997 to 2023
$9.8M
Synaptic Organizers: Dynamic Regulation of Trans-synaptic BridgesR01MH077303 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Gabrielle Rudenko · 2006 to 2026
$8.2M
Structure-Function Relationship Studies of the Plasma Lipid Transfer Proteins CETP and PLTPR01HL115153 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI REN, GANG · 2012 to 2021
$3.9M
Lipoprotein Structure and Function by Individual Particle Electron TomographyR01GM104427 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI REN, GANG · 2013 to 2016
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115153NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK042667NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM104427NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH077303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although structures of vitrified supramolecular complexes have been determined at near-atomic resolution, elucidating in situ molecular structure in living cells remains a challenge. Here, we report a straightforward liquid cell technique, originally developed for real-time visualization of dynamics at a liquid-gas interface using transmission electron microscopy, to image wet biological samples. Due to the scattering effects from the liquid phase, the micrographs display an amplitude contrast comparable to that observed in negatively stained samples. We succeed in resolving subunits within the protein complex GroEL imaged in a buffer solution at room temperature. Additionally, we capture various stages of virus cell entry, a process for which only sparse structural data exists due to their transient nature. To scrutinize the morphological details further, we used individual particle electron tomography for 3D reconstruction of each virus. These findings showcase this approach potential as an efficient, cost-effective complement to other microscopy technique in addressing biological questions at the molecular level.

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Computer SystemsElectron Microscope TomographyMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMolecular ImagingTemperature

Identifiers

PMID37704637
PMCPMC10499825
OpenAlexW4386712361

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