rsanchezgarc/starstack

Code to deal with starfiles and mrcs files

starstack: CryoEM Particle stars and stack Management in Python

Overview

The ParticlesStarSet class provides an efficient way to manage a set of particles in cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM). It allows for easy reading and manipulation of STAR files and associated .mrcs image stacks. The library also offers utilities for creating subsets and saving them back to disk.

Features

Read STAR files and associated .mrcs particle stacks. Create new STAR files and .mrcs particle stacks. Support for creating subsets of particles. Support for particle stack file handling.

Dependencies

mrcfile numpy pandas starfile

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/rsanchezgarc/starstack

Usage

Reading STAR Files

from starstack import ParticlesStarSet
pset = ParticlesStarSet("my_file.star", particlesDir="Particles/")