Cryo-EM structure of haemoglobin at 3.2 Å determined with the Volta phase plate

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Khoshouei, Maryam ^a   Radjainia, Mazdak ^b,c   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Danev, Radostin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; COMPLEXITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; INDUCED RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 85021646321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16099     Document Type: Article

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