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The relevance of mitochondrial membrane topology to mitochondrial functionCarmen A Mannella
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1762:140-7. 2006..In frozen-hydrated rat-liver mitochondria, the space between the inner and outer membranes contains 10-15 nm particles that may represent macromolecular complexes involved in activities that span the two membranes...
Structure and dynamics of the mitochondrial inner membrane cristaeCarmen A Mannella
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1763:542-8. 2006..This review summarizes the evidence about how inner membrane shape influences mitochondrial function and, conversely, what is known about the factors that determine this membrane's topology...
Structural diversity of mitochondria: functional implicationsCarmen A Mannella
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1147:171-9. 2008..Progress toward understanding the factors that control mitochondrial inner-membrane curvature and dynamics (fusion and fission) is summarized, with a focus on remodeling events associated with apoptosis and oxidative stress...
Topology of the mitochondrial inner membrane: dynamics and bioenergetic implicationsC A Mannella
Resource for the Visualization of Biological Complexity, Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York 12201 0509, USA
IUBMB Life 52:93-100. 2001..Simulations indicate that narrow cristae junctions restrict diffusion between intracristal and external compartments, causing depletion of ADP and decreased ATP output inside the cristae...
Electron tomographic analysis of frozen-hydrated tissue sectionsChyong-Ere Hsieh
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA
J Struct Biol 138:63-73. 2002..In rare cases, a 15-nm banding pattern perpendicular to the cutting direction was observed in the interior of the section, most evident in the uniformly dense, protein-rich material of the mitochondrial matrix...
Focused-ion-beam thinning of frozen-hydrated biological specimens for cryo-electron microscopyMichael Marko
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12201, USA
Nat Methods 4:215-7. 2007..We demonstrate, by cryo-electron tomography of Escherichia coli cells, that a focused ion beam (FIB) can be used to thin whole frozen-hydrated cells in a convenient and essentially artifact-free way...
Use of frozen-hydrated axonemes to assess imaging parameters and resolution limits in cryoelectron tomographyBruce F McEwen
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, P O Box 509, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
J Struct Biol 138:47-57. 2002..Instrumental and computational strategies to circumvent this limitation are discussed...
Structure of frozen-hydrated triad junctions: a case study in motif searching inside tomogramsChristian Renken
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
J Struct Biol 165:53-63. 2009..In a class average of RyRs with proximal transverse tubules (TT), a cytoplasmic density is observed near the receptor that could represent the most consistent location of tethers observed in tomograms between the SR and TT membranes...
Three-dimensional imaging of biological complexityJoachim Frank
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Incorporated, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
J Struct Biol 138:85-91. 2002..As techniques of cryo-microtomy are perfected, we hope to be able to apply tomography to high-pressure frozen sections of tissue...
Electron tomographic and ultrastructural analysis of the Cryptosporidium parvum relict mitochondrion, its associated membranes, and organellesJanet S Keithly
Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12201, USA
J Eukaryot Microbiol 52:132-40. 2005..parvum is a strategy for compartmentalizing away from the cytosol toxic ferrous iron and sulfide, which are needed for iron sulfur cluster biosynthesis, an essential function of mitochondria in all eukaryotes...
Towards high-resolution three-dimensional imaging of native mammalian tissue: electron tomography of frozen-hydrated rat liver sectionsChyong-Ere Hsieh
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, 12201, USA
J Struct Biol 153:1-13. 2006....
Fasting induces cyanide-resistant respiration and oxidative stress in the amoeba Chaos carolinensis: implications for the cubic structural transition in mitochondrial membranesYuru Deng
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
Protoplasma 219:160-7. 2002....
Reflections on VDAC as a voltage-gated channel and a mitochondrial regulatorCarmen A Mannella
Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY 12201 0509, USA
J Bioenerg Biomembr 40:149-55. 2008....
The mitochondrial inner membrane protein mitofilin controls cristae morphologyGeorge B John
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Mol Biol Cell 16:1543-54. 2005..We propose that mitofilin is a critical organizer of the mitochondrial cristae morphology and thus indispensable for normal mitochondrial function...
Native cellular architecture of Treponema denticola revealed by cryo-electron tomographyJacques Izard
Department of Molecular Genetics, The Forsyth Institute, 140 Fenway, Boston, MA 02135, USA
J Struct Biol 163:10-7. 2008..Several incompletely characterized structures have been observed in the periplasm between dividing cells, including a cable-like structure linking two cytoplasmic cylinders and complex foil-shaped structures...
The C. elegans Opa1 homologue EAT-3 is essential for resistance to free radicalsTakayuki Kanazawa
Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
PLoS Genet 4:e1000022. 2008..We conclude that free radicals contribute to the pathology of C. elegans eat-3 mutants...
Structural and functional features and significance of the physical linkage between ER and mitochondriaGyörgy Csordás
Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Cell Biol 174:915-21. 2006..These results reveal an unexpected dependence of cell function and survival on the maintenance of proper spacing between the ER and mitochondria...
The mitochondrial channel VDAC has a cation-selective open stateEvgeny Pavlov
Department of Basic Sciences, New York University, College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1710:96-102. 2005....
Label-free bioaffinity detection using terahertz technologySamuel P Mickan
Center for Terahertz Research, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY 12180, USA
Phys Med Biol 47:3789-95. 2002..We demonstrate the THz wave transmission of a sub-micron-thick film and sensitivity to 0.1 microg cm(-2) of biotin. These results point the way for a host of biosensor applications using T-rays, or pulsed far-infrared (FIR) radiation...
A distinct pathway remodels mitochondrial cristae and mobilizes cytochrome c during apoptosisLuca Scorrano
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pathology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
Dev Cell 2:55-67. 2002..This reorganization does not require tBID's BH3 domain and is independent of BAK, but is inhibited by CsA. During this process, individual cristae become fused and the junctions between the cristae and the intermembrane space are opened...
