An introduction to sample preparation and imaging by cryo-electron microscopy for structural biology

Methods

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-15

  Thompson, Rebecca F ^a   Walker, Matt ^b   Siebert, C Alistair ^c   Muench, Stephen P ^a   Ranson, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MLW Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c Electron Physical Sciences Imaging Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FREEZING; HYPERBARISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84961135724     PISSN: 10462023     EISSN: 10959130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.02.017     Document Type: Article

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