Effect of organic solvent on the crystal structure of Concanavalin A

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 479-487

  Qian, Minxie ^a   Huang, Qichen ^a   Jia, Yisi ^a   Tang, Youqi ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Organic solvent; Protein conformation; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000242066     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02882801     Document Type: Article

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