Focused classification and refinement in high-resolution cryo-EM structural analysis of ribosome complexes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 140-148

  von Loeffelholz, Ottilie ^a,b,c   Natchiar, S Kundhavai ^a,b,c   Djabeur, Nadia ^a,b,c   Myasnikov, Alexander G ^a,b,c   Kratzat, Hanna ^a,b,c,d   Ménétret, Jean François ^a,b,c   Hazemann, Isabelle ^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 UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

CELL ADHESION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 85028352875     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2017.07.007     Document Type: Review

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