Outcome of the First Electron Microscopy Validation Task Force Meeting

Overview

Journal Structure

Publisher Cell Press

Specialties Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

Date 2012 Feb 14

PMID 22325770

Citations 307

Authors

Richard Henderson

Andrej Sali

Matthew L Baker

Bridget Carragher

Batsal Devkota

Kenneth H Downing

Edward H Egelman

Zukang Feng

Joachim Frank

Nikolaus Grigorieff

Wen Jiang

Steven J Ludtke

Ohad Medalia

Pawel A Penczek

Peter B Rosenthal

Michael G Rossmann

Michael F Schmid

Gunnar F Schroder

Alasdair C Steven

David L Stokes

John D Westbrook

Willy Wriggers

Huanwang Yang

Jasmine Young

Helen M Berman

Wah Chiu

Gerard J Kleywegt

Catherine L Lawson

Affiliations

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Abstract

This Meeting Review describes the proceedings and conclusions from the inaugural meeting of the Electron Microscopy Validation Task Force organized by the Unified Data Resource for 3DEM (http://www.emdatabank.org) and held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ on September 28 and 29, 2010. At the workshop, a group of scientists involved in collecting electron microscopy data, using the data to determine three-dimensional electron microscopy (3DEM) density maps, and building molecular models into the maps explored how to assess maps, models, and other data that are deposited into the Electron Microscopy Data Bank and Protein Data Bank public data archives. The specific recommendations resulting from the workshop aim to increase the impact of 3DEM in biology and medicine.

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