Implementation of a cryo-electron tomography tilt-scheme optimized for high resolution subtomogram averaging

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 191-198

  Hagen, Wim J H ^a   Wan, William ^a   Briggs, John A G ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Electron tomography; Subtomogram averaging; Tilt scheme

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AVERAGING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER; DOSE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBTOMOGRAM; TILTING; TOMOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 85006371642     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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