Electron tomography of plant organelles and the outlook for correlative microscopic approaches

© 2019 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2019 New Phytologist Trust.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 223(2019), 4 vom: 20. Sept., Seite 1756-1761
1. Verfasser: Wang, Pengfei (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Liang, Zizhen, Kang, Byung-Ho
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review chromatin correlative light and electron microscopy electron microscopy (EM) electron tomography (ET) endomembrane compartments fluorescence microscopy high-pressure freezing plant organelle structures
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2019 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2019 New Phytologist Trust.
Structural analyses of organelles and localization of proteins in their confines are essential to investigate inner workings of eukaryotic cells. Electron tomography (ET) is a three-dimensional electron microscopy method with which we can extract sliced views of organelles from any direction and quantify their structural parameters at nanometer-level resolution. This advanced electron microscopy tool is suited for characterization of convoluted membrane compartments and of cellular constituents of dimensions smaller than 100 nm. ET studies of plant cells fixed by rapid freezing have expanded our understanding of the biogenesis and functions of plant organelles. Here we describe how the molecular imaging capacity of correlative light and electron microscopy can be integrated with ET in studies of plant organelles
Beschreibung:Date Completed 27.02.2020
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.15882