Quantitative STEM mass measurement of biological macromolecules in a 300 kV TEM

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Sousa, Alioscka A ^a   Leapman, Richard D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological macromolecules; Elastic scattering; Hemocyanin; Mass mapping; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; STEM; Tobacco mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; MACROMOLECULES; MAPPING; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; FIELD EMISSION GUNS; HEMOCYANIN; MASS MAPPING; MASS MEASUREMENTS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HEMOCYANIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; X RAY;

TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 34848906043     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01819.x     Document Type: Article

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