Membrane protein structures without crystals, by single particle electron cryomicroscopy

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-114

  Vinothkumar, Kutti R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PARTICLE ELECTRON CRYOMICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84943251425     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.07.009     Document Type: Review

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