Why protein crystals favour some space-groups over others

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1062-1067

  Wukovitz, Stephanie W ^a   Yeates, Todd O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028787430     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1295-1062     Document Type: Article

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