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 …

Methods for mapping 3D chromosome architecture

R Kempfer, A Pombo - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Determining how chromosomes are positioned and folded within the nucleus is critical to
understanding the role of chromatin topology in gene regulation. Several methods are …

AI-based structure prediction empowers integrative structural analysis of human nuclear pores

S Mosalaganti, A Obarska-Kosinska, M Siggel… - Science, 2022 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The eukaryotic nucleus protects the genome and is enclosed by the two
membranes of the nuclear envelope. Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) perforate the nuclear …

Nuclear pores dilate and constrict in cellulo

CE Zimmerli, M Allegretti, V Rantos, SK Goetz… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The nucleus harbors and protects the genetic information in eukaryotes. It
is surrounded by the nuclear envelope, which separates the nucleoplasm from the cytosol …

The cellular environment shapes the nuclear pore complex architecture

AP Schuller, M Wojtynek, D Mankus, M Tatli… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) create large conduits for cargo transport between the
nucleus and cytoplasm across the nuclear envelope (NE),–. These multi-megadalton …

Parallel cryo electron tomography on in situ lamellae

F Eisenstein, H Yanagisawa, H Kashihara, M Kikkawa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In situ cryo electron tomography of cryo focused ion beam milled samples has emerged in
recent years as a powerful technique for structural studies of macromolecular complexes in …

Cone-shaped HIV-1 capsids are transported through intact nuclear pores

V Zila, E Margiotta, B Turoňová, TG Müller, CE Zimmerli… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) remains a major health threat. Viral capsid
uncoating and nuclear import of the viral genome are critical for productive infection. The …

The promise and the challenges of cryo‐electron tomography

M Turk, W Baumeister - FEBS letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Structural biologists have traditionally approached cellular complexity in a reductionist
manner in which the cellular molecular components are fractionated and purified before …

Multi-particle cryo-EM refinement with M visualizes ribosome-antibiotic complex at 3.5 Å in cells

D Tegunov, L Xue, C Dienemann, P Cramer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables macromolecular structure determination in vitro
and inside cells. In addition to aligning individual particles, accurate registration of sample …

Membrane protein isolation and structure determination in cell-derived membrane vesicles

X Tao, C Zhao, R MacKinnon - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Integral membrane protein structure determination traditionally requires extraction from cell
membranes using detergents or polymers. Here, we describe the isolation and structure …