Accurate determination of local defocus and specimen tilt in electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-347

  Mindell, Joseph A ^a   Grigorieff, Nikolaus ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Contrast transfer function; Electron microscopy; Tilt determination

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERROR; OSCILLATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038441501     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(03)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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