Nature Communications (Jun 2019)
Coherent diffractive imaging of microtubules using an X-ray laser
- Gisela Brändén,
- Greger Hammarin,
- Rajiv Harimoorthy,
- Alexander Johansson,
- David Arnlund,
- Erik Malmerberg,
- Anton Barty,
- Stefan Tångefjord,
- Peter Berntsen,
- Daniel P. DePonte,
- Carolin Seuring,
- Thomas A. White,
- Francesco Stellato,
- Richard Bean,
- Kenneth R. Beyerlein,
- Leonard M. G. Chavas,
- Holger Fleckenstein,
- Cornelius Gati,
- Umesh Ghoshdastider,
- Lars Gumprecht,
- Dominik Oberthür,
- David Popp,
- Marvin Seibert,
- Thomas Tilp,
- Marc Messerschmidt,
- Garth J. Williams,
- N. Duane Loh,
- Henry N. Chapman,
- Peter Zwart,
- Mengning Liang,
- Sébastien Boutet,
- Robert C. Robinson,
- Richard Neutze
Affiliations
- Gisela Brändén
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- Greger Hammarin
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- Rajiv Harimoorthy
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- Alexander Johansson
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- David Arnlund
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- Erik Malmerberg
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Anton Barty
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Stefan Tångefjord
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- Peter Berntsen
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- Daniel P. DePonte
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Carolin Seuring
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Thomas A. White
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Francesco Stellato
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Richard Bean
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Kenneth R. Beyerlein
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Leonard M. G. Chavas
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Holger Fleckenstein
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Cornelius Gati
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Umesh Ghoshdastider
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- Lars Gumprecht
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Dominik Oberthür
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- David Popp
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- Marvin Seibert
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Thomas Tilp
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Marc Messerschmidt
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Garth J. Williams
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- N. Duane Loh
- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
- Henry N. Chapman
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Peter Zwart
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Mengning Liang
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Sébastien Boutet
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Robert C. Robinson
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- Richard Neutze
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10448-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
XFEL radiation is providing new opportunities for probing biological systems. Here the authors perform nanoscale x-ray imaging of microtubules with helical symmetry, by using imaging sorting and reconstruction techniques.