A triclinic crystal form of the lectin concanavalin A

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-23

  Kanellopoulos, Panagiotis N ^a   Tucker, Paul A ^a   Pavlou, Kyriaki ^b   Agianian, Bogos ^b   Hamodrakas, Stavros J ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030198976     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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