Radiation damage in single-particle cryo-electron microscopy: effects of dose and dose rate
Open Access
- 9 April 2011
- journal article
- radiation damage
- Published by International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
- Vol. 18 (3), 398-412
- https://doi.org/10.1107/s090904951100820x
Abstract
The effects of dose and dose-rate were investigated for single-particle cryo-electron microscopy using stroboscopic data collection. A dose-rate effect was observed favoring lower flux densities.Keywords
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