Visualizing density maps with UCSF Chimera

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 281-287

  Goddard, Thomas D ^a   Huang, Conrad C ^a   Ferrin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density map; Electron microscopy; Fitting; modeling; Molecular assembly; Segmentation; Software; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MYOSINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33845345287     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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