Maximizing the potential of electron cryomicroscopy data collected using direct detectors

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-202

  Veesler, David ^a   Campbell, Melody G ^a   Cheng, Anchi ^a   Fu, Chi yu ^a   Murez, Zachary ^b   Johnson, John E ^a   Potter, Clinton S ^a   Carragher, Bridget ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct detectors; Electron microscopy; Near atomic resolution; Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS TURRETED ICOSAHEDRAL VIRUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS;

FALCONIDAE; SULFOLOBUS TURRETED ICOSAHEDRAL VIRUS;

DIRECT DETECTORS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NEAR-ATOMIC RESOLUTION; SULFOLOBUS TURRETED ICOSAHEDRAL VIRUS;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RUDIVIRIDAE; SULFOLOBUS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

EID: 84887235046     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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