Monolithic microfluidic mixing-spraying devices for time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Lu, Zonghuan ^a   Shaikh, Tanvir R ^b   Barnard, David ^b   Meng, Xing ^b   Mohamed, Hisham ^b   Yassin, Aymen ^b   Mannella, Carmen A ^b   Agrawal, Rajendra K ^b,c   Lu, Toh Ming ^a   Wagenknecht, Terence ^b,c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Kinetics; Ribosome; Single particles; Three dimensional reconstruction; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERRITIN; SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MICROFLUIDICS; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KINETICS; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 70350234771     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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