Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of nuclear transport factor 2

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 326-329

  Kent, Helen M ^a   Clarkson, W David ^a   Bullock, Timothy L ^a   Stewart, Murray ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029995424     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.0049     Document Type: Article

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