Contrary to previous models, our native views showed that grana are not perfect cylinders, but have wavy undulating edges 🌊🏄‍♀️. Here we slice through a few grana🥞 from the top– Do you see all the little protein densities in the membranes?🔍 Those are photosynthetic complexes. How to analyze them?

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Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on!

#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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