Tilt-pair analysis of images from a range of different specimens in single-particle electron cryomicroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 413, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1028-1046

  Henderson, Richard ^a   Chen, Shaoxia ^a   Chen, James Z ^b   Grigorieff, Nikolaus ^b   Passmore, Lori A ^a   Ciccarelli, Luciano ^c   Rubinstein, John L ^d   Crowther, R Anthony ^a   Stewart, Phoebe L ^e   Rosenthal, Peter B ^f  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beam induced specimen motion; electron microscopy; particle orientation; radiation damage; structure validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARTICLE ELECTRON CRYOMICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TILT PAIR ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80855132610     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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