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  • 4006165021441312003825436324100041294529PublicAssets/6607On the left, a cross-section slice of a rat pancreas cell captured using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET). On the right, a color-coded, 3D version of the image highlighting cell structures. Visible features include insulin vesicles (purple rings), insulin crystals (gray circles), microtubules (green rods), ribosomes (small yellow circles). The black line at the bottom right of the left image represents 200 nm. Related to image <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=6608">6608</a>.Xianjun Zhang, University of Southern California.Xianjun Zhang, University of Southern California, and the Jensen Lab, California Institute of Technology.Photograph

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    Cryo-ET cell cross-section visualizing insulin vesicles

    On the left, a cross-section slice of a rat pancreas cell captured using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET). On the right, a color-coded, 3D version of the image highlighting cell structures. Visible features include insulin vesicles (purple rings), insulin crystals (gray circles), microtubules (green rods), ribosomes (small yellow circles). The black line at the bottom right of the left image represents 200 nm. Related to image 6608.

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    Xianjun Zhang, University of Southern California.

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    Xianjun Zhang, University of Southern California, and the Jensen Lab, California Institute of Technology.

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    Photograph

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    6607

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