Direct detection pays off for electron cryo-microscopy
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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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دوره 2 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013