emClarity: software for high-resolution cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging
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Himes, B. A., & Zhang, P. (2018). emClarity: software for high-resolution cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging. Nature Methods, 15(11), 955–961.

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  1. Benjamin A. Himes (first)
  2. Peijun Zhang (additional)
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@article{Himes_2018, title={emClarity: software for high-resolution cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging}, volume={15}, ISSN={1548-7105}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41592-018-0167-z}, DOI={10.1038/s41592-018-0167-z}, number={11}, journal={Nature Methods}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Himes, Benjamin A. and Zhang, Peijun}, year={2018}, month=oct, pages={955–961} }