New crystal forms of the motile major sperm protein (MSP) of Ascaris suum

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 432-437

  Bullock, Timothy L ^a   Parthasarathy, G ^b   King, Karen L ^b   Kent, Helen M ^a   Roberts, Thomas M ^b   Stewart, Murray ^a,c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MRC LMB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 0029954835     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.0061     Document Type: Article

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