[HTML][HTML] De-centralizing the Central Dogma: mRNA translation in space and time

AM Bourke, A Schwarz, EM Schuman - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
As our understanding of the cell interior has grown, we have come to appreciate that most
cellular operations are localized, that is, they occur at discrete and identifiable locations or …

Bridging structural and cell biology with cryo-electron microscopy

E Nogales, J Mahamid - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Most life scientists would agree that understanding how cellular processes work requires
structural knowledge about the macromolecules involved. For example, deciphering the …

[HTML][HTML] Serial Lift-Out: sampling the molecular anatomy of whole organisms

OH Schiøtz, CJO Kaiser, S Klumpe, DR Morado… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cryo-focused ion beam milling of frozen-hydrated cells and subsequent cryo-electron
tomography (cryo-ET) has enabled the structural elucidation of macromolecular complexes …

Translation dynamics in human cells visualized at high resolution reveal cancer drug action

H Xing, R Taniguchi, I Khusainov, JP Kreysing… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ribosomes catalyze protein synthesis by cycling through various functional states. These
states have been extensively characterized in vitro, but their distribution in actively …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA decoding in human is kinetically and structurally distinct from bacteria

M Holm, SK Natchiar, EJ Rundlet, AG Myasnikov… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In all species, ribosomes synthesize proteins by faithfully decoding messenger RNA (mRNA)
nucleotide sequences using aminoacyl-tRNA substrates. Current knowledge of the …

CryoDRGN-ET: deep reconstructing generative networks for visualizing dynamic biomolecules inside cells

R Rangan, R Feathers, S Khavnekar, A Lerer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Advances in cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) have produced new opportunities to
visualize the structures of dynamic macromolecules in native cellular environments. While …

Learning structural heterogeneity from cryo-electron sub-tomograms with tomoDRGN

BM Powell, JH Davis - Nature Methods, 2024 - nature.com
Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) enables observation of macromolecular complexes in
their native, spatially contextualized cellular environment. Cryo-ET processing software to …

Smart parallel automated cryo-electron tomography

F Eisenstein, Y Fukuda, R Danev - Nature Methods, 2024 - nature.com
In situ cryo-electron tomography enables investigation of macromolecules in their native
cellular environment. Samples have become more readily available owing to recent …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive angular sampling enables the sensitive localization of macromolecules in electron tomograms

ML Chaillet, G van der Schot, I Gubins, S Roet… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cryo-electron tomography provides 3D images of macromolecules in their cellular context.
To detect macromolecules in tomograms, template matching (TM) is often used, which uses …

Thinner is not always better: Optimizing cryo-lamellae for subtomogram averaging

MW Tuijtel, S Cruz-León, JP Kreysing, S Welsch… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Cryo–electron tomography (cryo-ET) is a powerful method to elucidate subcellular
architecture and to structurally analyze biomolecules in situ by subtomogram averaging, yet …