The advent of near-atomic resolution in single-particle electron microscopy

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2009, Pages 723-742

  Cheng, Yifan ^a   Walze, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Near atomic resolution; Specimen preparation; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

EID: 67650716743     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 00664154     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.78.070507.140543     Document Type: Review

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