Utility of butvar support film and methylamine tungstate stain in three- dimensional electron microscopy: Agreement between stain and frozen-hydrated reconstructions

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-167

  Kolodziej, Steven J ^a   Penczek, Pawel A ^b   Stoops, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D projection alignment method; 3 D reconstruction; Cryoelectron microscopy; Saccharomyces cerevisiae fatty acid synthase; Stain electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031454799     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3911     Document Type: Article

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