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Abstract

Abstract In skeletal muscle, depolarization of the plasma membrane, which is initiated at the neuromuscular junction, is transduced to a rise in cytoplasmic calcium at specialized structures known as triad junctions (TJs). TJs occur in the myofiber’s interior at regions near the z-lines, where transversely oriented tubular invaginations of the plasma membrane (T-tubules) form junctions with two elements of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Isolation of membrane fractions that are enriched in junctional complexes and which retain function has been reported. Figure 1 shows a region of an electron micrograph containing an isolated TJ in the frozen-hydrated state. in the orientation shown, two SR-derived vesicles sandwich a flattened vesicle derived from the T-tubule. The junctional regions contain a complex distribution of density, presumably due to proteins that are known to be present in TJs. Electron tomography offers the means to determine the three-dimensional mass density from such micrographs, which would greatly aid in their interpretation. Only recently has the automated data collection technology for determining tomograms of non-stained, frozen-hydrated specimens become available. Here we describe the first tomographic reconstruction of a frozen-hydrated triad junction by automated electron tomography.

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Hsieh, C.-E., Marko, M., Rath, B., Fleischer, S., & Wagenknecht, T. (2001). Cryo-Electron Tomography of Isolated Triad Junctions from Skeletal Muscle. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 7(S2), 94–95.

Authors 5
  1. C-E Hsieh (first)
  2. M Marko (additional)
  3. BK Rath (additional)
  4. S Fleischer (additional)
  5. T Wagenknecht (additional)
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Published 24 years ago (Aug. 1, 2001)
Published Online 24 years ago (Aug. 1, 2001)
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@article{Hsieh_2001, title={Cryo-Electron Tomography of Isolated Triad Junctions from Skeletal Muscle}, volume={7}, ISSN={1431-9276}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927600026544}, DOI={10.1017/s1431927600026544}, number={S2}, journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Hsieh, C-E and Marko, M and Rath, BK and Fleischer, S and Wagenknecht, T}, year={2001}, month=aug, pages={94–95} }