Spider image processing for single-particle reconstruction of biological macromolecules from electron micrographs

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1941-1974

  Shaikh, Tanvir R ^a   Gao, Haixiao ^a   Baxter, William T ^a   Asturias, Francisco J ^b   Boisset, Nicolas ^c   Leith, Ardean ^a   Frank, Joachim ^a,d,e  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58049204808     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.156     Document Type: Article

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