2017Frank Review

Citation

Frank, J. Advances in the field of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy over the last decade. Nature protocols, 2017, 12, 209-212

Abstract

In single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), molecules suspended in a thin aqueous layer are rapidly frozen and imaged at cryogenic temperature in the transmission electron microscope. From the random projection views, a three-dimensional image is reconstructed, enabling the structure of the molecule to be obtained. In this article I discuss technological progress over the past decade, which has, in my own field of study, culminated in the determination of ribosome structure at 2.5-Å resolution. I also discuss likely future improvements in methodology.

Links

http://www.nature.com/nprot/journal/v12/n2/full/nprot.2017.004.html