Tetrairidium, a four-atom cluster, is readily visible as a density label in three-dimensional cryo-EM maps of proteins at 10-25 Å resolution

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Cheng, N ^a   Conway, J F ^a   Watts, N R ^a   Hainfeld, J F ^a   Joshi, V ^b   Powell, R D ^b   Stahl, S J ^c   Wingfield, P E ^c   Steven, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Nanoprobes Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Hepatitis B virus; Metal cluster; Molecular marker; Three dimensional image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS CAPSID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0032751908     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4120     Document Type: Article

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