Electron energy filtering significantly improves amplitude contrast of frozen-hydrated protein at 300 kV

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 524-536

  Yonekura, Koji ^a   Braunfeld, Michael B ^b   Maki Yonekura, Saori ^a,c   Agard, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude contrast; Cryo electron microscopy; Energy filtering; Flagellar filament

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CAMERA; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750973339     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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