A Novel Mirror-symmetry Analysis Approach for the Study of Macromolecular Assemblies Imaged by Electron Microscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 273-283

  Costa, Alessandro ^a,b   Patwardhan, Ardan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eigenimage; MCM; side view; single particle electron microscopy; symmetry

Indexed keywords

CLPAP PROTEIN; CLPXP PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEINASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 41149145035     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.054     Document Type: Article

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