Sample preparation induced artifacts in cryo-electron tomographs

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1043-1048

  Plevka, Pavel ^a   Battisti, Anthony J ^a   Winkler, Dennis C ^b   Tars, Kaspars ^c   Holdaway, Heather A ^a,d   Bator, Carol M ^a,e   Rossmann, Michael G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

artifacts; cryo EM; ice vacuum interface; microscopy; tomography; virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS;

ARTIFACTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84868571653     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927612001298     Document Type: Article

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