Modern developments in molecular replacement

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 604-610

  Turkenburg, Johan P ^a   Dodson, Eleanor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030272829     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80025-X     Document Type: Article

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