Cryo-electron microscopy of membrane proteins

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1117, Issue , 2014, Pages 325-341

  Goldie, Kenneth N ^a   Abeyrathne, Priyanka ^a   Kebbel, Fabian ^a   Chami, Mohamed ^a   Ringler, Philippe ^a   Stahlberg, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2D membrane protein crystals; Back injection; Carbon flatness; Cryo electron microscopy; Low dose; Sandwich method; Spot scanning

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 84934443530     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-776-1_15     Document Type: Article

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