The integrative role of cryo electron microscopy in molecular and cellular structural biology

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 81-93

  Orlov, Igor ^a,b,c   Myasnikov, Alexander G ^a,b,c   Andronov, Leonid ^a,b,c   Natchiar, S Kundhavai ^a,b,c   Khatter, Heena ^a,b,c   Beinsteiner, Brice ^a,b,c   Ménétret, Jean François ^a,b,c   Hazemann, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Mohideen, Kareem ^a,b,c   Tazibt, Karima ^a,b,c   Tabaroni, Rachel ^a,b,c   Kratzat, Hanna ^a,b,c,d   Djabeur, Nadia ^a,b,c   Bruxelles, Tatiana ^a,b,c   Raivoniaina, Finaritra ^a,b,c   Pompeo, Lorenza di ^a,b,c   Torchy, Morgan ^a,b,c   Billas, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Urzhumtsev, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Klaholz, Bruno P ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cryo electron microscopy; cryo electron tomography; Crystallography; Structural biology; Super resolution microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; METAL OXIDE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; MACROMOLECULE;

CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SEMICONDUCTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85005842202     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boc.201600042     Document Type: Review

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