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Three-Dimensional Structure Of C3D From Low Temperature Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Crystallography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 July 2020
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Macromolecular structure can be solved by x-ray crystallography to atomic resolution provided that the molecule can be crystallized, that the crystals diffract x-rays to high resolution, and that the phases of the diffracted x-rays can be determined. Though the resolution of single particle imaging by electron microscopy is lower than that of x-ray diffraction by crystals, electron microscopy can directly image a large molecular weight range of macromolecules in a non-crystalline environment, and provide the basis for the three-dimensional reconstruction of these structures. To investigate combining structural information from x-ray crystallography and electron microscopy for unknown structures, we have imaged a small protein of known structure (1), the 35 kDa human complement protein fragment C3d, in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). The intention is to eventually combine the knowledge of electron densities and molecular boundaries from electron microscopy to assist in phase determination in x-ray crystallography.
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- Electron Cryomicroscopy of Macromolecules
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- Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 6 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2000, Microscopy Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 34th Annual Meeting, Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie de Canada 27th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13-17, 2000 , August 2000 , pp. 294 - 295
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