Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine

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Single Particles

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_8703
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Definition

Single particles, in the context of electron microscopy, refers to macromolecular assemblies as isolated and unordered particles with identical structure.

 Cryo-Electron Microscopy: Single-Particle Reconstruction

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