Sedimentation velocity spins a new weave for an old fabric

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-24

  Stafford III, Walter F ^a  

^a BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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BIOTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION RATE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031031734     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80152-8     Document Type: Article

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