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Electron tomography in plant cell biology

Author(s) -

Marisa S. Otegui,

Jannice G Pennington

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

microscopy

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2050-5701

pISSN - 2050-5698

DOI - 10.1093/jmicro/dfy133

Subject(s) - electron tomography , tomography , biology , cryo electron tomography , physics , optics , electron microscope , scanning transmission electron microscopy

Electron tomography (ET) approaches are based on the imaging of a biological specimen at different tilt angles by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). ET can be applied to both plastic-embedded and frozen samples. Technological advancements in TEM, direct electron detection, automated image collection, and imaging processing algorithms allow for 2-7-nm scale axial resolution in tomographic reconstructions of cells and organelles. In this review, we discussed the application of ET in plant cell biology and new opportunities for imaging plant cells by cryo-ET and other 3D electron microscopy approaches.

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