Screening for two-dimensional crystals by transmission electron microscopy of negatively stained samples

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 955, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-101

  Dreaden, Tina M ^a   Metcalfe, Maureen ^a   Kim, Laura Y ^a   Johnson, Matthew C ^a   Barry, Bridgette A ^a   Schmidt Krey, Ingeborg ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D crystals; EM; Fourier transform; Grid preparation; Liposomes; Membrane morphology; Negative stain; Optical diffraction; Proteoliposomes; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872079501     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-176-9_5     Document Type: Article

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