Structure determination of macromolecular assemblies by single-particle analysis of cryo-electron micrographs

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 584-590

  Orlova, Elena V ^a   Saibil, Helen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HELIUM; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITROGEN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VIRUS ENZYME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SPLICEOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VIRUSES;

EID: 4744344736     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.08.004     Document Type: Review

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