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ReviewNature methods2019

The cryo-EM method microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED).

Brent L Nannenga, Tamir Gonen

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Review in Nature methods, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 110 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Membrane protein structure and dynamics probed by MicroED.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  9. Preparing for successful protein crystallization experiments.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2025
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  13. A generic cross-seeding approach to protein crystallization.Journal of applied crystallography · 2025
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  14. Unraveling atomic complexity from frozen samples.Structural dynamics (Melville, N.Y.) · 2025
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  15. Interlocked 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks from Overcrowded Nodes.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  18. MicroED structure of the C11 cysteine protease clostripain.Journal of structural biology: X · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Brent L NannengaChemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Brent.Nannenga@asu.edu.
Tamir GonenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. tgonen@g.ucla.edu.

Funding

TRD4: Design and Engineering of MicroED hardware for nanocrystallization and time resolved studiesP41GM136508 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GONEN, TAMIR, NANNENGA, BRENT · 2020 to 2024
$7.6M
Structure Determination of G Protein-Coupled Receptors by Microcrystal Electron DiffractionR01GM124152 · NIGMS · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI NANNENGA, BRENT · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM136508NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2013 we established a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) technique called microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED). Since that time, data collection and analysis schemes have been fine-tuned, and structures for more than 40 different proteins, oligopeptides and organic molecules have been determined. Here we review the MicroED technique and place it in context with other structure-determination methods. We showcase example structures solved by MicroED and provide practical advice to prospective users.

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProteinsProteins

Identifiers

PMID31040436
PMCPMC6568260

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