Cryo-EM: A Unique Tool for the Visualization of Macromolecular Complexity

Molecular Cell

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 677-689

  Nogales, Eva ^a,b   Scheres, Sjors H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA SECRETASE; MACROMOLECULE; PROTEIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84929687804     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.019     Document Type: Review

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