3D Visualization of HIV Virions by Cryoelectron Tomography

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 483, Issue C, 2010, Pages 267-290

  Liu, Jun ^a   Wright, Elizabeth R ^b   Winkler, Hanspeter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAG PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; MATRIX PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY B12; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN VP6; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

BOOK; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FREEZING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RADIATION INJURY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 77957266487     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)83014-9     Document Type: Chapter

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