Validation of protein models derived from experiment

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 631-639

  Laskowski, Roman A ^a   MacArthur, Malcolm W ^b   Thornton, Janet M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ANISOTROPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031766271     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80156-5     Document Type: Article

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