Integrative Modeling and Visualization of Exosomes.
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SUBMITTER: Jimenez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9139774 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Integrative Modeling and Visualization of Exosomes.
Jiménez Julia J Autin Ludovic L Ibáñez de Cáceres Inmaculada I Goodsell David S DS
The Journal of biocommunication 20191127 2
Information from proteomics, microscopy, and structural biology are integrated to create structural models of exosomes, small vesicles released from cells. Three visualization methods are employed and compared: 2D painting of a cross section using traditional media, manual creation of a cross section using the mesoscale 2.5D digital painting software cellPAINT, and generation of a 3D atomic model using the mesoscale modeling program cellPACK. ...[more]
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