Automatic magnification determination of electron cryomicroscopy images using apoferritin as a standard

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 243-248

  Wasilewski, Sebastian ^a   Karelina, Darya ^a,b   Berriman, John A ^a,c   Rosenthal, Peter B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoferritin; Cs; Electron cryomicroscopy; GSL; Magnification estimation; Structure factor intensity; TMV; Tobacco mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

APOFERRITIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EQUIDAE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84867010573     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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