Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays: An Introduction for Biologists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123705819 ISBN 13: 9780123705815

Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

Synopsis

Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays is the perfect book to provide advanced undergraduates or graduate students with an accessible introduction to the two major diffraction-based techniques of structural biology. While concentrating on electron cryo-microscopy with image analysis, it also includes X-ray crystallography in a coherent survey of fundamental principles. Starting with Fourier transforms and progressing through optics and imaging principles, symmetry and three-dimensional reconstruction theory, Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays ends in an account of the latest methods adapted to crystals, helices, viral heads, and single particles.

• Emphasis on common principles underlying all diffraction-based methods
• Thorough grounding in theory requires understanding of only simple algebra
• Visual representations and explanations of challenging content
• Mathematical detail offered in short-course form to parallel the text

About this title

About the Author

Michael Moody has worked in leading laboratories in the United States and Europe and taught at many international electron-microscopy image-analysis courses.

From the Back Cover

Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays, suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students, provides an accessible introduction to the two major diffraction-based techniques of structural biology. While concentrating on electron cryo-microscopy with image analysis, it also includes X-ray crystallography in a coherent survey of fundamental principles. Starting with Fourier transforms and progressing through optics and imaging principles, symmetry and three-dimensional reconstruction theory, Structural Biology Using Electrons and X-rays ends in an account of the latest methods adapted to crystals, helices, viral heads, and single particles.

Key features:

• Emphasis on common principles underlying all diffraction-based methods
• Thorough grounding in theory requires understanding of only simple algebra
• Visual representations and explanations of challenging content
• Mathematical detail offered in short-course form to parallel the text
• Michael Moody has worked in leading laboratories in the United States and Europe and taught at many international electron-microscopy image-analysis courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123705819
• ISBN 13: 9780123705815
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Moody Michael F