Semi-automated icosahedral particle reconstruction at sub-nanometer resolution

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 214-225

  Jiang, Wen ^a   Li, Zongli ^a   Zhang, Zhixian ^a   Booth, Christopher R ^a   Baker, Matthew L ^a   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Automation; Electron cryomicroscopy; High throughput; Icosahedral; Python; Virus

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERT SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS;

EID: 0041561177     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2002.4439     Document Type: Article

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