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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2023

Electron counting with direct electron detectors in MicroED.

Johan Hattne, Max T B Clabbers, Michael W Martynowycz, Tamir Gonen

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Membrane protein structure and dynamics probed by MicroED.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  8. Combining MicroED and native mass spectrometry for structural discovery of enzyme-small molecule complexes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  12. Fast event-based electron counting for small-molecule structure determination by MicroED.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2025
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  16. Applying 3D ED/MicroED workflows toward the next frontiers.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2024
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  18. Structure of the lens MP20 mediated adhesive junction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Johan HattneHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Max T B ClabbersHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Michael W MartynowyczHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Tamir GonenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: 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 · 2020 to 2024
$7.6M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM136508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of high sensitivity and rapid readout makes it possible for electron-counting detectors to record cryogenic electron microscopy data faster and more accurately without increasing the number of electrons used for data collection. This is especially useful for MicroED of macromolecular crystals where the strength of the diffracted signal at high resolution is comparable to the surrounding background. The ability to decrease fluence also alleviates concerns about radiation damage which limits the information that can be recovered from a diffraction measurement. The major concern with electron-counting direct detectors lies at the low end of the resolution spectrum: their limited linear range makes strong low-resolution reflections susceptible to coincidence loss and careful data collection is required to avoid compromising data quality. Nevertheless, these cameras are increasingly deployed in cryo-EM facilities, and several have been successfully used for MicroED. Provided coincidence loss can be minimized, electron-counting detectors bring high potential rewards.

Indexed as

ElectronsCryoelectron MicroscopyMacromolecular SubstancesMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMacromolecular Substancescryo-EMelectron countingmicrocrystal electron diffractionMicroED

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PMID37992709
PMCPMC10756876

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