Determination of sedimentation coefficients for small peptides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 466-474

  Schuck, Peter ^a   MacPhee, Cait E ^b   Howlett, Geoffrey J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; THEORY;

EID: 0031962095     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77804-X     Document Type: Article

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