QVIEW: Software for rapid selection of particles from digital electron micrographs

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Shah, Alexandre K ^a   Stewart, Phoebe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological macromolecules; Computer software; Cryo EM; Electron microscopy; Image processing; Micrographs; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032170734     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4011     Document Type: Article

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