Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM
10.1038/nmeth.2472
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Li, X., Mooney, P., Zheng, S., Booth, C. R., Braunfeld, M. B., Gubbens, S., Agard, D. A., & Cheng, Y. (2013). Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM. Nature Methods, 10(6), 584–590.

Authors 8
  1. Xueming Li (first)
  2. Paul Mooney (additional)
  3. Shawn Zheng (additional)
  4. Christopher R Booth (additional)
  5. Michael B Braunfeld (additional)
  6. Sander Gubbens (additional)
  7. David A Agard (additional)
  8. Yifan Cheng (additional)
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@article{Li_2013, title={Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM}, volume={10}, ISSN={1548-7105}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2472}, DOI={10.1038/nmeth.2472}, number={6}, journal={Nature Methods}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Li, Xueming and Mooney, Paul and Zheng, Shawn and Booth, Christopher R and Braunfeld, Michael B and Gubbens, Sander and Agard, David A and Cheng, Yifan}, year={2013}, month=may, pages={584–590} }