Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography of virus particles

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 311-340

  Rochat, R H ^a   Chiu, W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo EM; Cryo ET; Molecular biology; Virus reconstruction; Virus structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863023972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00120-X     Document Type: Chapter

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