DoG Picker and TiltPicker: Software tools to facilitate particle selection in single particle electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Voss, N R ^a   Yoshioka, C K ^a   Radermacher, M ^b   Potter, C S ^a   Carragher, B ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Orthogonal tilt reconstruction; Particle picking; Random conical tilt; TEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SOFTWARE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 63649113687     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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