Specimen Preparation for High-Resolution Cryo-EM

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 579, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-86

  Passmore, L A ^a   Russo, C J ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryo EM; Electron cryo microscopy; Electron tomography; Protein structure; Single particle reconstruction; Substrates

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE; PROTEIN; GOLD; GRAPHITE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEGATIVE STAINING; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING; STORAGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; VITRIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROTEINS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84998587641     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.04.011     Document Type: Chapter

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