Three-dimensional reconstruction with contrast transfer function correction from energy-filtered cryoelectron micrographs: Procedure and application to the 70S Escherichia coli ribosome

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-219

  Zhu, Jun ^a,b   Penczek, Pawel A ^a   Schröder, Rasmus ^c   Frank, Joachim ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030960710     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3845     Document Type: Article

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