MRC (file format)
Not to be confused with mixed raster content.
| Filename extension |
.mrc |
|---|---|
| Type of format | 3D electron density file or 2D image file |
MRC is a file format for electron density that has become industry standard in Cryo-electron microscopy, where the result of the technique is a three-dimensional grid of voxels each with a value corresponding to density of electrons (see wave function). It was developed by the MRC (Medical Research Council) Laboratory of Molecular Biology.[1]
The MRC format is supported by almost every molecular graphics suite that supports volumetric data. The major packages include:
- Visual molecular dynamics
- UCSF Chimera
- IMOD (software)
See also
- CCP4 (file format)
- Chemical file format
- Voxel - one way of presenting 3D densities
References
- ↑ R. A. Crowther; R. Henderson; J. M. Smith (1995). "MRC Image Processing Programs". Journal of Structural Biology 116 (9-16). Retrieved 2012-03-09.