title: A 7-A projection map of frozen, hydrated acrosomal bundle from Limulus sperm.
abstract: The acrosomal bundle from Limulus sperm has been imaged to 7 A in a 400-kV electron cryomicroscope using the spot-scan technique. These images have been processed by Fourier averaging, corrected for the contrast transfer function, and merged to that resolution. The reconstructed density map of this projection shows features consistent with the 13-A projection map from a helical reconstruction and with the X-ray-derived model for F-actin, and regions of possible scruin-scruin contacts.
authors.affiliation: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakana
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matsudaira
mesh_terms: D000177:Acrosome / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003461:Crystallography; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006737:Horseshoe Crabs; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; C083765:scruin protein, Horseshoe Crab