MRC (file format)
{{Distinguish|mixed raster content|MARC standards}}
{{Notability|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox file format
| name = mrc
| extension = .mrc
| mime =
| owner =
| genre = 3D electron density file or 2D image file
| url = http://www.ccpem.ac.uk/mrc_format/mrc2014.php
}}
MRC is a file format that has become an industry standard in cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) and electron tomography (ET), where the result of the technique is a three-dimensional grid of voxels each with a value corresponding to electron density or electric potential. It was developed by the MRC (Medical Research Council, UK) Laboratory of Molecular Biology. In 2014, the format was standardised. The format specification is available on the [http://www.ccpem.ac.uk/mrc_format/mrc2014.php CCP-EM website].
The MRC format is supported by many of the software packages listed in b:Software Tools For Molecular Microscopy.
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
|last1=Crowther|first1=R.A.
|last2=Henderson|first2=R.
|last3=Smith|first3=J.M.
|title=MRC Image Processing Programs
|journal=Journal of Structural Biology
|date=January 1996
|volume=116
|issue=1
|pages=9–16
|doi=10.1006/jsbi.1996.0003|pmid=8742717
}}
|last1=Cheng|first1=Anchi
|last2=Henderson|first2=Richard
|last3=Mastronarde|first3=David
|last4=Ludtke|first4=Steven J.
|last5=Schoenmakers|first5=Remco H.M.
|last6=Short|first6=Judith
|last7=Marabini|first7=Roberto
|last8=Dallakyan|first8=Sargis
|last9=Agard|first9=David
|last10=Winn|first10=Martyn
|title=MRC2014: Extensions to the MRC format header for electron cryo-microscopy and tomography
|journal=Journal of Structural Biology
|date=November 2015
|volume=192
|issue=2
|pages=146–150
|doi=10.1016/j.jsb.2015.04.002
|pmid=25882513
|pmc=4642651
}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.ccpem.ac.uk/mrc_format/mrc2014.php MRC specification]
Category:Computational chemistry
Category:Computer file formats
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