Skip to main content
. 2014 Jun 19;5:4129. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5129

Table 2. Number of QD605-labelled import sites per mitochondrion and the percentage found in clusters.

Surface area (μm2) QDs QDs as clusters (%) QDs per μm2
0.78 47 82.6 60.5
0.79* 29 51.9 36.7
1.00 77 57.1 76.7
1.04 73 51.6 70.5
1.14 53 55.8 46.5
1.19* 84 72.3 70.8
1.28* 116 85.2 90.7
1.46 111 72.1 76.0
1.55 106 76.2 68.3
1.65 97 54.2 58.9
2.02* 204 80.3 100.9
2.10 158 61.8 75.3
       
Mean   66.8±12.7 69.3±17.5

n=12 mitochondria from 12 different tomograms. Mean is given as±s.d.

*Denotes experiments with a different b2Δ-DHFRbiotin and mitochondrial preparation, included to demonstrate reproducibility of results.