The Effects of Cryoprotection on the Structure and Activity of p21 ras: Implications for Electron Spin-Echo Envelope Modulation Spectroscopy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-153

  Halkides, Christopher J ^a   Farrar, Christian T ^b,d   Singel, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoprotection; ESEEM; Glycerol; ras; Spray freezing

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DEUTERIUM; GLYCEROL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANYLYLIMIDODIPHOSPHATE; MANGANESE; METHYLGLUCOSIDE; PROTEIN P21; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FREEZING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREEZING; GLYCEROL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANYLYL IMIDODIPHOSPHATE; KINETICS; MANGANESE; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); THREONINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032164649     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1520     Document Type: Article

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