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Title | Advances in Single-Particle Electron Cryomicroscopy Structure Determination applied to Sub-tomogram Averaging. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Structure, Vol. 23, Issue 9, Page 1743-1753, Year 2015 |
Publish date | Sep 1, 2015 |
Authors | Tanmay A M Bharat / Christopher J Russo / Jan Löwe / Lori A Passmore / Sjors H W Scheres / |
PubMed Abstract | Recent innovations in specimen preparation, data collection, and image processing have led to improved structure determination using single-particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM). Here we explore ...Recent innovations in specimen preparation, data collection, and image processing have led to improved structure determination using single-particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM). Here we explore some of these advances to improve structures determined using electron cryotomography (cryo-ET) and sub-tomogram averaging. We implement a new three-dimensional model for the contrast transfer function, and use this in a regularized likelihood optimization algorithm as implemented in the RELION program. Using direct electron detector data, we apply both single-particle analysis and sub-tomogram averaging to analyze radiation-induced movements of the specimen. As in single-particle cryo-EM, we find that significant sample movements occur during tomographic data acquisition, and that these movements are substantially reduced through the use of ultrastable gold substrates. We obtain a sub-nanometer resolution structure of the hepatitis B capsid, and show that reducing radiation-induced specimen movement may be central to attempts at further improving tomogram quality and resolution. |
External links | Structure / PubMed:26256537 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (subtomogram averaging) |
Resolution | 8.1 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-3015: |
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