Three-dimensional architecture of Thermomyces lanuginosus small subunit ribosomal RNA

Micron

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Beniac, Daniel R ^a   Czarnota, Gregory J ^b   Rutherford, Brenda L ^b   Ottensmeyer, F Peter ^b   Harauz, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Electron spectroscopic imaging; Image analysis; Quaternions; Ribosomal RNA; Ribosomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030990813     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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