Pushing the resolution limits in cryo electron tomography of biological structures

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Diebolder, Christoph A ^a,b   Koster, Abraham J ^a   Koning, Roman I ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Cryo electron tomography; Resolution; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

'CURRENT; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; BIOMOLECULAR COMPLEXES; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; RESOLUTION; RESOLUTION LIMITS; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RADIATION INJURY; SINGLE PARTICLE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84866145467     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03627.x     Document Type: Article

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