From cosmic chirality to protein structure and function: Lord Kelvin's legacy

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 793-800

  Barron, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031472909     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.12.793     Document Type: Review

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