[3dem] How to determine a symmetry of a ring particle?
Penczek, Pawel A
Pawel.A.Penczek at uth.tmc.edu
Mon Jan 14 07:55:36 PST 2013
Hi,
the method described in the paper mentioned below, while strives to build a statistical test,
neglects the fact that alignment compromises statistical independence of noise and signal.
As a result, the t-test as proposed in the paper is not applicable.
Regards,
—
Pawel A. Penczek, Ph.D.
Professor
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The University of Texas
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On Jan 14, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Bernard Heymann <bernard_heymann at nih.gov> wrote:
> Dear Alexander
>
> Another alternative is the method used in:
> Ultramicroscopy. 1995 Sep;60(2):219-28
>
> It can handle polymorphism.
>
> You can find the application here:
> http://lsbr.niams.nih.gov/lsbr/RotaStat.html
>
> Best
>
> Bernard
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> On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:30 AM, Philip Köck <Philip.Koeck at ki.se> wrote:
>
>> That’s another good idea.
>> You might actually have eigen images already. They could be one of the outputs of the 2D classification
>> you did in Eman.
>> Look at Dube et al. to learn how to interpret the eigen images, if you find them.
>>
>> From: 3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu [mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of michael
>> Sent: 14 January 2013 10:23
>> To: 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
>> Subject: Re: [3dem] How to determine a symmetry of a ring particle?
>>
>> Dear Alexander,
>>
>> Dube et al. 1993 are using multivariate statistical analysis (MSA) to estimate the symmetry properties by looking at the eigenimages.
>>
>> A description of the method can be found here: www.singleparticles.org/methodology . You can download the PDF file "Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Single Particle (Cryo) Electron Microscopy". The related chapter is "12. MSA symmetry analysis".
>>
>> The original paper is: Dube P, Tavares P, Lurz R and van Heel M EMBO J. (1993) 1303-1309.
>>
>> I also want to refer to Pawel's hint: the method is a symmetry estimation and not a determination.
>>
>> Regards
>> Michael
>>
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