Trehalose embedding technique for high-resolution electron crystallography: Application to structural study on bacteriorhoposin

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 653-658

  Hirai, Teruhisa ^a   Murata, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Mitsuoka, Kaoru ^c   Kimura, Yoshiaki ^d   Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^c  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffraction pattern; Electron crystallography; Electron microscopy; Glucose embedding; Hydration; Trehalose embedding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; ELECTRONS; EMBEDDINGS; GLUCOSE; INTERFEROMETRY; MERGING;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EMBEDDING TECHNIQUE; EMBEDDINGS; GLUCOSE EMBEDDING; HIGH RESOLUTION; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TREHALOSE EMBEDDING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS;

HYDRATION;

EID: 0032695274     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023731     Document Type: Article

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