STUCTURAL BIOLOGY USING ELECTRONS AND X-RAYS An Introduction for Biologists

• Main Author: Moody, Michael F. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Academic Press 2011; ©2011
• Subjects: Biomolecules > Structure; X-ray spectroscopy > Structure; Electron optics; Electron probe microanalysis
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• Physical Description: xvi, 434 pages some illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-425) and index
• ISBN: 9780123705815

Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays is the perfect book to provide advanced undergraduates or graduate students with an accessible introduction to the two major diffraction-based techniques of structural biology. While concentrating on electron cryo-microscopy with image analysis, it also includes X-ray crystallography in a coherent survey of fundamental principles. Starting with Fourier transforms and progressing through optics and imaging principles, symmetry and three-dimensional reconstruction theory, Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays ends in an account of the latest methods adapted to crystals, helices, viral heads, and single particles. Emphasis on common principles underlying all diffraction-based methods Thorough grounding in theory requires understanding of only simple algebra Visual representations and explanations of challenging content Mathematical detail offered in short-course form to parallel the text