How cryo-EM is revolutionizing structural biology

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-57

  Bai, Xiao chen ^a   McMullan, Greg ^a   Scheres, Sjors H W ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cryo electron microscopy; Electron detection; Image processing; Macromolecular complexes; Maximum likelihood optimization; Single particle analysis

Indexed keywords

VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES;

ALGORITHM; CATALYSIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METHODS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84923368907     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2014.10.005     Document Type: Review

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