Electron microscopy of biological materials at the nanometer scale

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-58

  Kourkoutis, Lena Fitting ^a   Plitzko, Jürgen M ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; Electron crystallography; Frozen hydrated samples; Radiation damage; Single particle electron microscopy; Specimen preparation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL MATTER; BUILDING BLOCKES; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FROZEN-HYDRATED SAMPLES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH VACUUM; IMAGING MODALITY; LOW CONTRAST; MATERIALS RESEARCH; NANO-METER SCALE; RESEARCH TOOLS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SINGLE-PARTICLE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYDRATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RADIATION DAMAGE; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84864268636     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070511-155004     Document Type: Review

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