Single particle electron cryo-microscopy of a mammalian ion channel

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Liao, Maofu ^a   Cao, Erhu ^b   Julius, David ^b   Cheng, Yifan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

CAMERA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIRECT ELECTRON DETECTION CAMERA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PARTICLE ELECTRON CRYOMICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84897875372     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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