TABLE 1.
Categorization and dimensions of molecular images
| Length (nm)c
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| Typea | Frequencyb (%) | Foot | First rod | Second rod | Third rod | Total |
| I | 29 | 13.6 ± 2.3 | 42.7 ± 6.9 | 20.2 ± 4.1 | 20.0 ± 3.1 | 96.6 ± 9.6 |
| II | 28 | 13.0 ± 3.3 | 37.1 ± 6.9 | 38.6 ± 8.4 | 88.7 ± 12 | |
| III | 26 | 14.8 ± 2.4 | 46.3 ± 18 | 61.1 ± 19 | ||
| IV | 17 | 14.7 ± 2.9 | 71.6 ± 12 | 86.2 ± 11 | ||
a
The molecular images were categorized into four types, based on the number of bends: types I, II, III, and IV had two, one, no, and no bends, respectively. Types III and IV featured linear and curved structures, respectively.
b
Classification was done for 494 particle images; 448 images were classified into the four types, while the other 46 were not.
c
Data are averages ± standard deviations.