Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy

Improved electron detectors and image-processing techniques will allow the structures of macromolecules to be determined from tens of thousands of single-particle cryo-EM images, rather than the hundreds of thousands needed previously.

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Main Author: Nikolaus Grigorieff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2013-02-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/00573
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description Improved electron detectors and image-processing techniques will allow the structures of macromolecules to be determined from tens of thousands of single-particle cryo-EM images, rather than the hundreds of thousands needed previously.
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spelling doaj.art-47be4c8bb6b9446b9c55de477bbd5ea62022-12-22T02:01:23ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2013-02-01210.7554/eLife.00573Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopyNikolaus Grigorieff0Department of Biochemistry and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, Untied StatesImproved electron detectors and image-processing techniques will allow the structures of macromolecules to be determined from tens of thousands of single-particle cryo-EM images, rather than the hundreds of thousands needed previously.https://elifesciences.org/articles/00573Electron microscopyImage processingT. thermophilusDirect electron detectorribosomeBayesian
spellingShingle Nikolaus Grigorieff
Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
eLife
Electron microscopy
Image processing
T. thermophilus
Direct electron detector
ribosome
Bayesian
title Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
title_full Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
title_fullStr Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
title_full_unstemmed Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
title_short Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
title_sort direct detection pays off for electron cryo microscopy
topic Electron microscopy
Image processing
T. thermophilus
Direct electron detector
ribosome
Bayesian
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/00573
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