NMR structure determination of proteins and protein complexes larger than 20 kDa

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-570

  Clore, G Marius ^a   Gronenborn, Angela M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIGAND; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTON;

CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; PROTONS; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032177976     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80084-7     Document Type: Article

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