Visualization of three-dimensional density maps reconstructed from cryoelectron micrographs of viral capsids

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 200-208

  Conway, James F ^a   Trus, Benes L ^a   Booy, Frank P ^a   Newcomb, William W ^b   Brown, Jay C ^b   Steven, Alasdair C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Building 6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS CAPSID;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0029964659     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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