Determination of interspin distances between spin labels attached to insulin: Comparison of electron paramagnetic resonance data with the X-ray structure

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3287-3298

  Steinhoff, Heinz Jürgen ^a   Radzwill, Nicole ^a   Thevis, Wilhelm ^b   Lenz, Volker ^b   Brandenburg, Dietrich ^b   Antson, Alfred ^d   Dodson, Guy ^d   Wollmer, Axel ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NITROXIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPIN LABELING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030781782     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78353-X     Document Type: Article

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