Measurement of ice thickness on vitreous ice embedded cryo-EM grids: investigation of optimizing condition for visualizing macromolecules

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cho, Hye Jin ^a   Hyun, Jae Kyung ^a   Kim, Jin Gyu ^a   Jeong, Hyeong Seop ^a   Park, Hyo Nam ^a   You, Dong Ju ^a   Jung, Hyun Suk ^a  

^a Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy; Vitreous Ice thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071162722     PISSN: 20933134     EISSN: 20933371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2093-3371-4-7     Document Type: Article

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