Figure 3
Comparison of trypan-stained cells and purified crystals loaded onto a micromesh support. Images are shown of (a) a mesh loaded with purified polyhedra and (b) a mesh loaded with trypan-stained polyhedra-containing cells, as displayed in the crystal-centring interface at the Australian Synchrotron MX2 beamline. The scale bar corresponds to 50 µm. Insets are close-ups of the areas indicated by the black boxes, with an arrow pointing to the position of the crystal. In (a), the blue and black boxes indicate examples of positions with diffracting polyhedrin crystals. Note that the polyhedrin microcrystals are hardly visible on the mesh in both panels. |