The recent proliferation of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) techniques has led to the cryo-ET resolution revolution. Meanwhile, significant efforts have been made to improve the identification of targets in the cellular context and the throughput of cryo-focused ion beam (FIB) milling. Together, these developments led to a surge of in situ discoveries on how enveloped viruses are assembled and how viruses interact with cells in infected hosts. In this article, we review the recent advances in cryo-ET, high-resolution insights into virus assembly, and the findings from inside infected eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
Keywords: cryo-ET; cryo-FIB; cryo-electron tomography; cryo-focused ion beam; virus.