Determining the structure of biological macromolecules by transmission electron microscopy, single particle analysis and 3D reconstruction

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 121-164

  Ruprecht, Jonathan ^a   Nield, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Crystallography; Image processing; Single particle analysis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; DENSITOMETRY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SAMPLE; SINGLE PARTICLE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS; X RAY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DENSITOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGANELLES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; SOFTWARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUSES;

EID: 0034986184     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(01)00004-9     Document Type: Review

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