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Microscope - A device with a lens or series of lenses
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Does not apply to SEM.
Image - Perception of an object using your eyes (vision).
One can sense an object without vision (touch, etc..).
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Bacteriorhodopsine p3 3.5Å, 3.0Å Henderson et al., 1990, Kimura et al., 1997
Plant LHC-II 3.4 Å Kühlbrandt et al., 1994 Tubulin dimer 3.7 Å Nogales et al., 1998 Aquaporin 3.8 Å, 4.0 Å, 1.8 Å Murata et al., 2000; Mitra et al.,
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Porin PhoE 6.0 Å Jap et al. 1991 Plant photosystem II RC 8.0 Å Rhee et al. 1998 Yeast H+-ATPase 8.0 Å Auer et al. 1998 Gap junction channel 7.5 Å Unger et al. 1999 Gluthatione transferase 6.0 Å Schmidt-Krey et al. 2000 NhaA Na/H antiporter 7.0 Å Williams 2000 Glycerol channel GlpF 6.9 Å Stahlberg et al. 2000 OxlT, oxalic acid transporter 6.5 Å Hirai et al. 2002 SecYEG complex 8.0 Å Breyton et al. 2002 EmrE multidrug transporter 7.0 Å Ubarretxena-Belandia et al. 2003 Rhodopsin frog 7.5 Å Unger et al. 1997 Metarhodopsine I 5.5 Å Ruprecht et al. 2004 Helical structure Acetylcholine receptor 4.0 Å Miyazawa et al., 2003 Bacterial flagellum 4.0 Å Yonekura et al., 2003 Microtubule 8.0 Å Li et al., 2002 Calcium ATPase 8.0 Å Zhang et al., 1998 Tobacco mosaic virus 10.0 Å Jeng et al., 1989
Structure MW Resolution References
Single particles E.coli 70S ribosome 2.5 MDa 11.5Å, 9Å Gabashvili et al., 2000
Valle et al., 2003 Bacteriophage SPP1 connectors
1.0 MDa 10Å Orlova et al., 2003
50S ribosomal subunit 1.6MDa 7.5Å Matadeen et al., 2001 GroEL 0.8MDa 8.7Å, 11.5Å Ranson et al., 2001
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Low-pass filter Image
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Low-pass filter High pass-filter
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object CTF defocus 1 Image altered by CTF
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object CTF defocus 3 Image altered by CTF
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Image altered by CTF and contrast inverted
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FTC FTC2 + '
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