Macromolecular structural dynamics visualized by pulsed dose control in 4D electron microscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6026-6031

  Kwon, Oh Hoon ^a   Ortalan, Volkan ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Materials; Polymers

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTHALPY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; STROBOSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79954995496     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103109108     Document Type: Article

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