Cryo-electron microscopy methodology: current aspects and future directions

R Danev, H Yanagisawa, M Kikkawa - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has emerged as a powerful structure determination
technique. Its most prolific branch is single particle analysis (SPA), a method being used in a …

Cryo-EM in molecular and cellular biology

HR Saibil - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
This review summarizes the current state of methods and results achievable by cryo-electron
microscopy (cryo-EM) imaging for molecular, cell, and structural biologists who wish to …

Correlative montage parallel array cryo-tomography for in situ structural cell biology

JE Yang, MR Larson, BS Sibert, JY Kim, D Parrell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Imaging large fields of view while preserving high-resolution structural information remains a
challenge in low-dose cryo-electron tomography. Here we present robust tools for montage …

Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells

DP Hoffman, G Shtengel, CS Xu, KR Campbell… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Our textbook understanding of the nanoscale organization of the cell and
its relationship to the thousands of proteins that drive cellular metabolism comes largely from …

[HTML][HTML] An introduction to sample preparation and imaging by cryo-electron microscopy for structural biology

RF Thompson, M Walker, CA Siebert, SP Muench… - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) is a versatile technique that can be used to image
biological specimens ranging from intact eukaryotic cells to individual proteins> 150 kDa …

Native architecture of the Chlamydomonas chloroplast revealed by in situ cryo-electron tomography

BD Engel, M Schaffer, L Kuhn Cuellar, E Villa… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Chloroplast function is orchestrated by the organelle's intricate architecture. By combining
cryo-focused ion beam milling of vitreous Chlamydomonas cells with cryo-electron …

Preparing samples from whole cells using focused-ion-beam milling for cryo-electron tomography

FR Wagner, R Watanabe, R Schampers, D Singh… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
Recent advances have made cryogenic (cryo) electron microscopy a key technique to
achieve near-atomic-resolution structures of biochemically isolated macromolecular …

[图书][B] Three-dimensional electron microscopy of macromolecular assemblies: visualization of biological molecules in their native state

J Frank - 2006 - books.google.com
Cryoelectron microscopy of biological molecules is among the hottest growth areas in
biophysics and structural biology at present, and Frank is arguably the most distinguished …

Cryo-electron tomography: can it reveal the molecular sociology of cells in atomic detail?

M Beck, W Baumeister - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
Traditionally, macromolecular structure determination is performed ex situ, that is, with
purified materials. But, there are strong incentives to develop approaches to study them in …

Conventional transmission electron microscopy

M Winey, JB Meehl, ET O'Toole… - Molecular biology of the …, 2014 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Researchers have used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to make contributions to
cell biology for well over 50 years, and TEM continues to be an important technology in our …