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Tubular structures in the peripheral ER
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Superresolution imaging reveals that the peripheral ER is made of densely clustered tubule-shaped structures. An ER protein marker (upper right), internal cellular lipids (lower left), and electron microscopy reconstruction of tubular matrices (upper left).
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Nixon-Abell, et al., Science
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Advanced imaging techniques revealed a more accurate picture of the peripheral endoplasmic reticulum. The findings may yield new insights for genetic diseases that affect the organelle.
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Tubular structures in the peripheral ER