Cryo-electron tomography on focused ion beam lamellae transforms structural cell biology

C Berger, N Premaraj, RBG Ravelli, K Knoops… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryogenic electron microscopy and data processing enable the determination of structures
of isolated macromolecules to near-atomic resolution. However, these data do not provide …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and current trends in cryo-electron microscopy

M Guaita, SC Watters, S Loerch - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
All steps of cryogenic electron-microscopy (cryo-EM) workflows have rapidly evolved over
the last decade. Advances in both single-particle analysis (SPA) cryo-EM and cryo-electron …

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 …

Structure of the flotillin complex in a native membrane environment

Z Fu, R MacKinnon - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
In this study, we used cryoelectron microscopy to determine the structures of the Flotillin
protein complex, part of the Stomatin, Prohibitin, Flotillin, and HflK/C (SPFH) superfamily …

Unraveling multilayered extracellular vesicles: Speculation on cause

K Broad, SA Walker, I Davidovich… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell‐released, heterogenous nanoparticles that play
important roles in (patho) physiological processes through intercellular communication. EVs …

[HTML][HTML] Towards visual proteomics at high resolution

FJB Bäuerlein, W Baumeister - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditionally, structural biologists approach the complexity of cellular proteomes in a
reductionist manner. Proteomes are fractionated, their molecular components purified and …

ELI trifocal microscope: a precise system to prepare target cryo-lamellae for in situ cryo-ET study

S Li, Z Wang, X Jia, T Niu, J Zhang, G Yin, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has become a powerful approach to study the high-
resolution structure of cellular macromolecular machines in situ. However, the current …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular vesicle-embedded materials

Y Ma, S Brocchini, GR Williams - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membrane-bound vesicles released by cells. EVs are
emerging as a promising class of therapeutic entity that could be adapted in formulation due …

A cryo-ET survey of microtubules and intracellular compartments in mammalian axons

HE Foster, C Ventura Santos, AP Carter - Journal of Cell Biology, 2021 - rupress.org
The neuronal axon is packed with cytoskeletal filaments, membranes, and organelles, many
of which move between the cell body and axon tip. Here, we used cryo-electron tomography …

The Ebola virus VP40 matrix layer undergoes endosomal disassembly essential for membrane fusion

SL Winter, G Golani, F Lolicato, M Vallbracht… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Ebola viruses (EBOVs) assemble into filamentous virions, whose shape and stability are
determined by the matrix viral protein 40 (VP40). Virus entry into host cells occurs via …