Electron Radiation Damage in CryoEM
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- Veronica Falconieri Hays
This journal cover image illustrates the individual amino acid side chains of the protein beta-galactosidase being damaged during cryo electron microscopic imaging. The more acidic glutamic acid side chain is more readily damaged than its neighboring histidine.
This image was featured on the cover of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery in 2018.
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