Zernike phase contrast cryo-electron microscopy and tomography for structure determination at nanometer and subnanometer resolutions

Structure

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 903-912

  Murata, Kazuyoshi ^a   Liu, Xiangan ^a   Danev, Radostin ^b   Jakana, Joanita ^a   Schmid, Michael F ^a   King, Jonathan ^c   Nagayama, Kuniaki ^b   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellbio; Proteins; Sysbio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; NANOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 77955481741     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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