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ArticleNature protocols2008

Image processing for electron microscopy single-particle analysis using XMIPP.

Sjors H W Scheres, Rafael Núñez-Ramírez, Carlos O S Sorzano, José María Carazo, Roberto Marabini

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Article in Nature protocols, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 196 papers.

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196citing papers in PubMed
29.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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196 citing papers in PubMed, 328 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sjors H W ScheresCentro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC, Unidad de Biocomputación, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Rafael Núñez-Ramírez
Carlos O S Sorzano
José María Carazo
Roberto Marabini
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

Funding

IMAGE PROCESSING IN BIOLOGICAL 3D ELECTRON MICROSCOPYR01HL070472 · NHLBI · CUNY GRADUATE SCH AND UNIV CTR · PI HERMAN, GABOR T · 2001 to 2008
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL740472NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL070472
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a collection of standardized image processing protocols for electron microscopy single-particle analysis using the XMIPP software package. These protocols allow performing the entire processing workflow starting from digitized micrographs up to the final refinement and evaluation of 3D models. A particular emphasis has been placed on the treatment of structurally heterogeneous data through maximum-likelihood refinements and self-organizing maps as well as the generation of initial 3D models for such data sets through random conical tilt reconstruction methods. All protocols presented have been implemented as stand-alone, executable python scripts, for which a dedicated graphical user interface has been developed. Thereby, they may provide novice users with a convenient tool to quickly obtain useful results with minimum efforts in learning about the details of this comprehensive package. Examples of applications are presented for a negative stain random conical tilt data set on the hexameric helicase G40P and for a structurally heterogeneous data set on 70S Escherichia coli ribosomes embedded in vitrified ice.

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AlgorithmsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopy, ElectronSoftwareSoftware DesignUser-Computer Interface

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PMID18536645
PMCPMC2778070
OpenAlexW2016675163

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