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Dear microtubule, I see you

This essay summarizes my personal journey toward the atomic visualization of microtubules and a mechanistic understanding of how these amazing polymers work. During this journey, I have been witness and partaker in the blooming of a technique I love—cryo-electron microscopy.

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Autor principal: Nogales, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5170852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E16-06-0372
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spelling pubmed-51708522017-01-16 Dear microtubule, I see you Nogales, Eva Mol Biol Cell ASCB Award Essays This essay summarizes my personal journey toward the atomic visualization of microtubules and a mechanistic understanding of how these amazing polymers work. During this journey, I have been witness and partaker in the blooming of a technique I love—cryo-electron microscopy. The American Society for Cell Biology 2016-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5170852/ /pubmed/27799495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E16-06-0372 Text en © 2016 Nogales. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0). “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5170852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799495
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