On the freezing and identification of lipid monolayer 2-D arrays for cryoelectron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-312

  Taylor, Dianne W ^a   Kelly, Deborah F ^a   Cheng, Anchi ^b   Taylor, Kenneth A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated microscopy; Electron crystallography

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPID;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; FREEZING; HYDRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MACROMOLECULE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TECHNIQUE;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; CARBON; CHICKENS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FREEZING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; NEGATIVE STAINING; PROTEINS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 36048946749     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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