CONTRAST TRANSFER FOR FROZEN-HYDRATED SPECIMENS .2. AMPLITUDE CONTRAST AT VERY LOW-FREQUENCIES

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TOYOSHIMA, C [1 ]
YONEKURA, K [1 ]
SASABE, H [1 ]
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[1] RIKEN,FRONTIER RES PROGRAM,WAKO,SAITAMA 35101,JAPAN
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10.1016/0304-3991(93)90179-2
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The contrast transfer properties of frozen-hydrated specimens were examined quantitatively for low spatial frequencies (1/350-1/160 angstrom-1). Specimens used were tubular crystals of two membrane proteins, the acetylcholine receptor and calcium-ATPase. These specimens were found to behave as weak-phase-weak-amplitude objects. The contribution of amplitude contrast was 5.8% at 120 kV and 4.8% at 200 kV accelerating voltage. Combined with previous results, the level of amplitude contrast showed little dependence on the spatial frequency over the range examined so far (1/350-1/35 angstrom-1).
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