ELECTRON MICROSCOPY


Sample

INSECT FLIGHT MUSCLE OF THE LARGE WATER BUG LETHOCERUS MAXIMUS

Specimen Preperation
Sample Aggregation State TISSUE
Vitrification Instrument ?
Cryogen Name ?
Sample Vitrification Details NO VITRIFICATION. SAMPLES WERE VIEWED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
3D Reconstruction
Reconstruction Method TOMOGRAPHY
Number of Particles ?
Reported Resolution (Å) 70.000
Resolution Method ?
Other Details 3-D MOTIFS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE TOMOGRAM BY FIRST PRODUCING A CROSS CORRELATION MAP FROM WHICH PEAK COORDINATES WERE DETERMINED FROM THEIR CENTER OF GRAVITY. WE DEFINE A 3-D MOTIF AS ONE, ENTIRE 38.7 NM CROSSBRIDGE REPEAT ALONG ACTIN. THESE MOTIFS USUALLY CONTAIN AT LEAST FOUR MYOSIN HEADS IN TWO PAIRED CROSSBRIDGES (SINGLE CHEVRONS) AND SOMETIMES CONTAIN AS MANY AS SIX MYOSIN HEADS IN FOUR PAIRED CROSSBRIDGES (DOUBLE CHEVRONS). THE REFERENCE FOR THE ANALYSIS WAS SELECTED TO BE CENTERED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TROPONIN DENSITIES WHICH COULD BE IDENTIFIED FROM THE IN-PLANE PROJECTION. THE INDIVIDUAL CROSSBRIDGE MOTIFS WERE THEN SUBJECTED TO MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY CLUSTERS OF MOTIFS SHOWING SIMILAR CROSSBRIDGE STRUCTURE. THESE CLUSTERS FORMED THE CLASS AVERAGES. THE CHOICE OF STRUCTURE TO BE CLASSIFIED WAS DECIDED BY THE RESOLUTION AND THE LATER PROCESS OF MODEL BUILDING. AVERAGING WAS DONE ACCORDING TO THE HEIRARCHICAL ASCENDENT METHOD. THE RESOLUTION IN EACH OF THE CLASS AVERAGES WAS 7 NM BY THE SPECTRAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO.
Refinement Type
Symmetry Type POINT
Map-Model Fitting and Refinement
ID 1
Refinement Space REAL
Refinement Protocol RIGID BODY FIT
Refinement Target BEST CORRELATION COEFFICIENT AND FEWEST POOR CONTACTS
Overall B Value ?
Fitting Procedure ?
Details METHOD--INITIAL MODELS WERE FIT BY HAND USING O. THE FIT WAS THEN REFINED USING REAL SPACE REFINEMENT. REFINEMENT PROTOCOL--RIGID BODY
Data Acquisition
Detector Type KODAK SO-163 FILM
Electron Dose (electrons/Å2) .
Imaging Experiment
Date of Experiment ?
Temprature (Kelvin)
Microscope Model FEI/PHILIPS EM400
Minimum Defocus (nm) ?
Maximum Defocus (nm) ?
Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees) ?
Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees) ?
Nominal CS ?
Imaging Mode BRIGHT FIELD
Specimen Holder Model ?
Nominal Magnification 17000
Calibrated Magnification ?
Source TUNGSTEN HAIRPIN
Acceleration Voltage (kV) 100
Imaging Details ?
Imaging Experiment
Task Software Package Version
MODEL FITTING RSRef ?
RECONSTRUCTION Custom ?
Image Processing
CTF Correction Type CTF Correction Details Number of Particles Selected Particle Selection Details