Recollections of the electron crystallographic heavy atom derivative search of purple membrane: The quest for EM structure determination

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-140

  Ceska, T A ^a  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Electron crystallography; Heavy atom search; Multiple isomorphous replacement; Purple membrane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032731744     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4113     Document Type: Article

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