Cryo-EM: a unique tool for the visualization of macromolecular complexity

E Nogales, SHW Scheres - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
3D cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an expanding structural biology technique that has
recently undergone a quantum leap progression in its achievable resolution and its …

Single particle electron cryomicroscopy: trends, issues and future perspective

KR Vinothkumar, R Henderson - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2016 - cambridge.org
There has been enormous progress during the last few years in the determination of three-
dimensional biological structures by single particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) …

MotionCor2: anisotropic correction of beam-induced motion for improved cryo-electron microscopy

SQ Zheng, E Palovcak, JP Armache, KA Verba… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
MotionCor2: anisotropic correction of beam-induced motion for improved cryo-electron
microscopy | Nature Methods Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are …

Molecular structure of the human CFTR ion channel

F Liu, Z Zhang, L Csanády, DC Gadsby, J Chen - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an ATP-binding
cassette (ABC) transporter that uniquely functions as an ion channel. Here, we present a 3.9 …

Designer nanoscale DNA assemblies programmed from the top down

R Veneziano, S Ratanalert, K Zhang, F Zhang, H Yan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Synthetic DNA can be programmed by using canonical Watson-Crick base
pairing to form highly structured nanometer-scale assemblies that rival many natural protein …

EMRinger: side chain–directed model and map validation for 3D cryo-electron microscopy

BA Barad, N Echols, RYR Wang, Y Cheng, F DiMaio… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Advances in high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) require the development of
validation metrics to independently assess map quality and model geometry. We report …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic structure of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Z Zhang, J Chen - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an anion channel
evolved from the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family. In this study, we determined …

An allosteric transport mechanism for the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump

Z Wang, G Fan, CF Hryc, JN Blaza, II Serysheva… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Bacterial efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance by transporting diverse antibiotics from
the cell. In Gram-negative bacteria, some of these pumps form multi-protein assemblies that …

2.2 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of β-galactosidase in complex with a cell-permeant inhibitor

A Bartesaghi, A Merk, S Banerjee, D Matthies, X Wu… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is rapidly emerging as a powerful tool for protein
structure determination at high resolution. Here we report the structure of a complex …

C9ORF72 repeat expansions in mice cause TDP-43 pathology, neuronal loss, and behavioral deficits

J Chew, TF Gendron, M Prudencio, H Sasaguri… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The major genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a
G4C2 repeat expansion in C9ORF72. Efforts to combat neurodegeneration associated with …