A limitation of two-state analysis for transitions between disordered and weakly ordered states

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 507-512

  Williams, Dudley H ^a   Bardsley, Ben ^a   Tsuzuki, Wakako ^a,b   Maguire, Alison J ^a,c  

^a Department of Biochemistry   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimerisation; Ensemble of states; Glycopeptide antibiotics; Protein fragment population; Two state analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031194322     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90322-7     Document Type: Article

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