ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
| Sample |
|---|
| Rotavirus Triple Layered Particle |
| Sample Components |
| Rhesus Rotavirus (RRV) TLP |
| Specimen Preparation | |
|---|---|
| Sample Aggregation State | PARTICLE |
| Vitrification Instrument | HOMEMADE PLUNGER |
| Cryogen Name | ETHANE |
| Sample Vitrification Details | in normal coldroom environment, ETHANE, manual plunger, front blotting for 3s before plunging, temperature 90 K |
| 3D Reconstruction | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction Method | SINGLE PARTICLE |
| Number of Particles | 4187 |
| Reported Resolution (Å) | 3.8 |
| Resolution Method | |
| Other Details | icosahedral (I2) averaging |
| Refinement Type | |
| Symmetry Type | POINT |
| Point Symmetry | I |
| Data Acquisition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detector Type | KODAK SO-163 FILM | ||||||||
| Electron Dose (electrons/Å**2) | 20 | ||||||||
| Imaging Experiment | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date of Experiment | 2008-03-01 |
| Temperature (Kelvin) | 90 |
| Microscope Model | FEI TECNAI F30 |
| Minimum Defocus (nm) | 1200 |
| Maximum Defocus (nm) | 3000 |
| Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees) | |
| Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees) | |
| Nominal CS | 2 |
| Imaging Mode | BRIGHT FIELD |
| Specimen Holder Model | |
| Nominal Magnification | 59000 |
| Calibrated Magnification | 56772 |
| Source | FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Acceleration Voltage (kV) | 300 |
| Imaging Details | Cut-plate film holders to reduce electron back-scattering |
| Image Processing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTF Correction Type | CTF Correction Details | Number of Particles Selected | Particle Selection Details | |
| individual particle | ||||
