Circular assemblies

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-150

  Antson, Alfred A ^a   Dodson, Eleanor J ^a   Dodson, G Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID P; TRYPTOPHAN;

BIOPHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029917728     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80067-4     Document Type: Article

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