Electron cryomicroscopy: Difference between revisions
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==Resolution== | ==Resolution== | ||
<StructureSection load='' size='350' side='right' caption='' scene='80/805038/Insulin_receptor/6'> | <StructureSection load='' size='350' side='right' caption='' scene='80/805038/Insulin_receptor/6'> | ||
The median | The median resolution of cryo-EM structures deposited in '''2020''' in the [[Protein Data Bank]] was 3.5 Å (improved from 3.8 Å in 2018, and 4.2 Å in 2016)<ref name="mvr">See cryo-EM Resolution compared with X-ray diffraction resolution: | ||
[http://tinyurl.com/method-vs-resolution tinyurl.com/method-vs-resolution].</ref>. For comparison, the median resolution of X-ray crystallographic entries in the PDB has been 2.0 Å for many years<ref name="mvr" />. | [http://tinyurl.com/method-vs-resolution tinyurl.com/method-vs-resolution].</ref>. For comparison, the median [[resolution]] of X-ray crystallographic entries in the PDB has been 2.0 Å for many years<ref name="mvr" />. | ||
In 2015, Cheng, Grigorieff, Penczek & Walz<ref name="primer" /> concluded: <blockquote> | In 2015, Cheng, Grigorieff, Penczek & Walz<ref name="primer" /> concluded: <blockquote> | ||