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Abstract

Here, we describe the third major release of RELION. CPU-based vector acceleration has been added in addition to GPU support, which provides flexibility in use of resources and avoids memory limitations. Reference-free autopicking with Laplacian-of-Gaussian filtering and execution of jobs from python allows non-interactive processing during acquisition, including 2D-classification, de novo model generation and 3D-classification. Per-particle refinement of CTF parameters and correction of estimated beam tilt provides higher resolution reconstructions when particles are at different heights in the ice, and/or coma-free alignment has not been optimal. Ewald sphere curvature correction improves resolution for large particles. We illustrate these developments with publicly available data sets: together with a Bayesian approach to beam-induced motion correction it leads to resolution improvements of 0.2–0.7 Å compared to previous RELION versions.

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Zivanov, J., Nakane, T., Forsberg, B. O., Kimanius, D., Hagen, W. J., Lindahl, E., & Scheres, S. H. (2018). New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3. ELife, 7. CLOCKSS.

Authors 7
  1. Jasenko Zivanov (first)
  2. Takanori Nakane (additional)
  3. Björn O Forsberg (additional)
  4. Dari Kimanius (additional)
  5. Wim JH Hagen (additional)
  6. Erik Lindahl (additional)
  7. Sjors HW Scheres (additional)
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@article{Zivanov_2018, title={New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3}, volume={7}, ISSN={2050-084X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.42166}, DOI={10.7554/elife.42166}, journal={eLife}, publisher={eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd}, author={Zivanov, Jasenko and Nakane, Takanori and Forsberg, Björn O and Kimanius, Dari and Hagen, Wim JH and Lindahl, Erik and Scheres, Sjors HW}, year={2018}, month=nov }