Computer controlled cryo-electron microscopy - TOM2 a software package for high-throughput applications

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-405

  Korinek, Andreas ^a   Beck, Florian ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Nickell, Stephan ^a   Plitzko, Jürgen M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofocussing; Automated data acquisition; Batch tomography; Electron tomography; Single particle analysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEASOME;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EISENIA FETIDA; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79960898027     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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