Cryo-electron tomography of vitreous section from human skin is used to investigate the architecture of cadherin molecules in desmosomes under near native conditions. Three-dimensional reconstructions and fitting of existing X-ray crystallography data reveal a regular array of molecules in desmosomes, that is consistent with data derived previously using different methods.
- Ashraf Al-Amoudi
- Daniel Castaño Díez
- Achilleas S. Frangakis