Sometimes a great motion: The application of transient electric birefringence to the study of macromolecular structure

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-649

  Hagerman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030272594     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80031-5     Document Type: Article

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