Cryo-electron microscopy - A primer for the non-microscopist

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-45

  Milne, Jacqueline L S ^a   Borgnia, Mario J ^a   Bartesaghi, Alberto ^a   Tran, Erin E H ^a   Earl, Lesley A ^a   Schauder, David M ^a   Lengyel, Jeffrey ^b   Pierson, Jason ^b   Patwardhan, Ardan ^c   Subramaniam, Sriram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D imaging; automated workflows; cellular architecture; cryo electron microscopy; electron crystallography; integrated structural biology; molecular reconstructions; single particle analysis; tomography; viral structures

Indexed keywords

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEINS;

EID: 84872024281     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12078     Document Type: Review

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