Consensus among flexible fitting approaches improves the interpretation of cryo-EM data

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Ahmed, Aqeel ^a   Whitford, Paul C ^b   Sanbonmatsu, Karissa Y ^b   Tama, Florence ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Flexible fitting; Protein Data Bank; Rigid fitting; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLEXIBLE FITTING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIGID DOMAIN FITTING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASE-LINKED ELONGATION FACTORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857034165     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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