Messages from ultrahigh resolution crystal structures

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 730-737

  Longhi, Sonia ^a   Czjzek, Mirjam ^a   Cambillau, Christian ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 6; CONCANAVALIN A; DNA; FERREDOXIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032414233     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80093-6     Document Type: Article

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