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Title
Hollow cone electron imaging for single particle 3D reconstruction of proteins
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Abstract
The main bottlenecks for high-resolution biological imaging in electron microscopy are radiation sensitivity and low contrast. The phase contrast at low spatial frequencies can be enhanced by using a large defocus but this strongly reduces the resolution. Recently, phase plates have been developed to enhance the contrast at small defocus but electrical charging remains a problem. Single particle cryo-electron microscopy is mostly used to minimize the radiation damage and to enhance the resolution of the 3D reconstructions but it requires averaging images of a massive number of individual particles. Here we present a new route to achieve the same goals by hollow cone dark field imaging using thermal diffuse scattered electrons giving about a 4 times contrast increase as compared to bright field imaging. We demonstrate the 3D reconstruction of a stained GroEL particle can yield about 13.5 Å resolution but using a strongly reduced number of images.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Scientific reports. - London, 2011, currens
Publication
London : Nature Publishing Group , 2016
ISSN
2045-2322
DOI
10.1038/SREP27701
Volume/pages
6 (2016) , p. 1-9
Article Reference
27701
ISI
000377670500001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Research group
Project info
Optimal experimental design for quantitative electron microscopy.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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