Putting structure into context: Fitting of atomic models into electron microscopic and electron tomographic reconstructions

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-147

  Volkmann, Niels ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CORONIN 1A PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DREBRIN; EPS8 PROTEIN; FIMBRIN; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; TALIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VILLIN; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 84857685200     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2011.11.002     Document Type: Review

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