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  • 49637384PublicAssets/6609Researchers used cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to capture images of a rat pancreas cell that were then compiled and color-coded to produce a 3D reconstruction. Visible features include the folded sacs of the Golgi apparatus (copper), transport vesicles (medium-sized dark-blue circles), microtubules (neon-green rods), a mitochondria membrane (pink), ribosomes (small pale-yellow circles), endoplasmic reticulum (aqua), and lysosomes (large yellowish-green circles). See <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=6606">6606</a> for a still image from the video.Xianjun Zhang, University of Southern California.Xianjun Zhang, University of Southern California, and the Jensen Lab, California Institute of Technology.Video

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    3D reconstruction of the Golgi apparatus in a pancreas cell

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    Researchers used cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to capture images of a rat pancreas cell that were then compiled and color-coded to produce a 3D reconstruction. Visible features include the folded sacs of the Golgi apparatus (copper), transport vesicles (medium-sized dark-blue circles), microtubules (neon-green rods), a mitochondria membrane (pink), ribosomes (small pale-yellow circles), endoplasmic reticulum (aqua), and lysosomes (large yellowish-green circles). See 6606 for a still image from the video.

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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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