Hybrid approaches: applying computational methods in cryo-electron microscopy

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-225

  Lindert, Steffen ^a,b   Stewart, Phoebe L ^b   Meiler, Jens ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 64549095890     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.02.010     Document Type: Review

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