Zernike Phase Plate Cryoelectron Microscopy Facilitates Single Particle Analysis of Unstained Asymmetric Protein Complexes

Structure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Chang, Wei Hau ^a,b   Chiu, Michael T K ^a   Chen, Chin Yu ^a   Yen, Chi Fu ^a   Lin, Yen Cheng ^a   Weng, Yi Ping ^a   Chang, Ji Chau ^a,b   Wu, Yi Min ^a   Cheng, Holland ^c   Fu, Jianhua ^d   Tu, I Ping ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MURAMIDASE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 73449119968     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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