Fourier amplitude decay of electron cryomicroscopic images of single particles and effects on structure determination

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-42

  Saad, Ali ^a,d   Ludtke, Steven J ^a   Jakana, Joanita ^a   Rixon, Frazer J ^b   Tsuruta, Hiro ^c   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amplitude decay B factor; Contrast transfer function; Electron cryomicroscopy; Single particle; Structure; Virus; X ray solution scattering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS CAPSID; X RAY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0035782663     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4330     Document Type: Article

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