Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-Rays - An Introduction for Biologists

Provides an accessible introduction to the two major diffraction-based techniques of structural biology. This title gives an account of the methods adapted to crystals, helices, viral heads, and single particles.

List of contents

Part I: Fourier Transforms
1. Overview
2. Correlations & Convolutions
3. Fourier Fundamentals
4. Digital Fourier Transforms
5. Filters
6. Two-Dimensional FTs
Part II: Optics
7. Microscopy with Rays
8. Waves
9. Wave Imaging
Part III: Further Mathematical Methods/General Aspects
10. Symmetry
11. Statistics & Matrices
12. The Third Dimension
Part IV: Image Analysis/Structure Determination
13. Special Symmetries
14. Crystalline Sheets
15. Helices
16. Icosahedral Particles
17. Unsymmetrical ("Single") Particles
18. Distortion Correction
19. FT Mathematics
20. Elementary Matrices

Product details

• Authors: Michael F. Moody, Michael G. Moody
• Assisted by: Michael F Moody (Editor), Michael F. Moody (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2011
• EAN: 9780123705815
• ISBN: 978-0-12-370581-5
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Academic Press
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics (non-medical), Dna & Genome, SCIENCE / Bioinformatics, Computational biology / bioinformatics