REL RCSB RCSB RCSB 2010-04-22 2010-05-05 2010-09-01 2010-10-19 Structural map of MT 14-3 Sui H Downing KH microtubule, ultrastructure, Cryoelectron Microscopy Computer-Assisted Image Processing Sui H Downing KH Structural basis of interprotofilament interaction and lateral deformation of microtubules. STRUCTURE 18 1022 1031 2010 20696402 doi:10.1016/j.str.2010.05.010 The microtubule containing 14 protofilaments The microtubule containing 14 protofilaments The 14-protofilament microtubule forms a pseudo helix 2 microtubule with 14 protofilaments Bos taurus Bovine Brain 50 50
Microtubule with 14 protofilaments and 3-start helical structure (pseudo-helix)
Dimer false singleParticle particle 6.8
25mM Pipes, 25mM NaCl, 2mM MgCl2, 1mM EGTA
300 mesh copper grid covered with home-made carbon films
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Vitrification instrument: Home made plunger
Blot for 2 second before plunging JEOL 4000EX FLOOD BEAM BRIGHT FIELD LAB6 400 4.1 0.5 2.0 60000.0 GATAN LIQUID NITROGEN 105 Objective lens astigmatism was corrected at 400,000 times magnification 0 2007-07-12 KODAK SO-163 FILM OTHER 6.35 425 15
The micrographs were digitized with a customized robotic scanning system that uses a Nikon Coolpix 8000 scanner
16. Side entry liquid nitrogen-cooled cryo specimen holder 0 0
With addition of Taxol or Taxotere for microtubule stabilization
Each micrograph
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 1JFF RIGID BODY FIT Chimera
Protocol: Rigid Body. A homology model was generated for the missing region in 1JFF from residues 35 to 60 in alpha-tubulin (by N. Banavali). The tubulin dimer structure was fitted into the density maps using the rigid body fitting function in Chimera
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