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Michael F. SchmidDepartment: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Address: One Baylor Plaza, Rm. N420.03 Houston, TX 77030 Phone: 713-798-5734 Fax: 713-798-1625 Email: mfs@tiger.3dem.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu Web: ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu |
Education
B.S. Chemistry, St. Joseph's College (1969)
Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle (1974)
Honors
Research Topic
Image Processing and Electron Crystallography of Macromolecular Machines
Research Description
Computational methods in electron crystallography and image processing; 3-D reconstruction techniques; structure of macromolecular complexes (cytoskeleton, membrane proteins).
Selected Publications
- Schmid, M.F. (2003). Cross-correlation and merging of crystallographic reflections derived from cryoelectron micrographs of 3D crystals: Application to the Limulus acrosomal bundle. J. Struct. Biol. 144: 195-208.
- He, J., Schmid, M.F., Zhou, Z.H., Rixon, F. and Chiu, W. (2001). Finding and using local symmetry in identifying lower domain movements in hexon subunits of the herpes simplex virus type 1 B capsid. J. Mol. Biol. 309: 903-914.
- Sherman, M.B., Jakana, J. Sun, S., Matsudaira, P., Chiu, W. and Schmid, M.F. (1999). The three-dimensional structure of the Limulus acrosomal process: A dynamic actin bundle. J. Mol. Biol. 294: 139-149.
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Last edited on: December 17, 2003