Evaluation of super-resolution performance of the K2 electron-counting camera using 2D crystals of aquaporin-0

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-173

  Chiu, Po Lin ^a   Li, Xueming ^b,f   Li, Zongli ^a,c   Beckett, Brian ^d   Brilot, Axel F ^d   Grigorieff, Nikolaus ^e   Agard, David A ^b   Cheng, Yifan ^b   Walz, Thomas ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tsinghua University ^*  (United States)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct electron detection device camera; Electron counting; Super resolution; Two dimensional crystal

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CENTROIDING; COMPUTATIONAL MOTION CORRECTION; CONTRAST TRANSFER FUNCTION; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON COUNTING CAMERA; ELECTRON DOSE RATE; FRACTIONATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NYQUIST FREQUENCY; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TWO DIMENSIONAL CRYSTAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LENS CAPSULE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; EYE PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SHEEP;

EID: 84946473119     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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