ER and Mitochondria Illustration (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

ER and Mitochondria Illustration

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Electron tomography reveals the three-dimensional structure of membrane contact sites (colored red) between ER tubules (green) and mitochondria (purple) in a yeast cell (right) or an endosome (yellow) in an animal cell (left).

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Matthew West.

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