Atomic structure of a single large biomolecule from diffraction patterns of random orientations

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-45

  Tegze, Miklós ^a   Bortel, Gábor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Orientation; Single particle X ray diffraction; Structure reconstruction; X ray free electron lasers

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOM; DIFFRACTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84862265126     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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