Cryo-electron tomography of bacterial viruses

Virology

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-186

  Guerrero Ferreira, Ricardo C ^a   Wright, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Cryo electron microscopy; Cryo electron tomography; Cryo EM; Cryo ET; Sub tomogram averaging

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; GENOME, VIRAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; VIRION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870659071     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.08.022     Document Type: Review

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