Ribosome structures to near-atomic resolution from thirty thousand cryo-EM particles

eLife

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bai, Xiao Chen ^a   Fernandez, Israel S ^a   McMullan, Greg ^a   Scheres, Sjors H W ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRRADIATION; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; RIBOSOMES; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84878580683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.00461     Document Type: Article

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