Protein folding and interactions revealed by mass spectrometry

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 564-570

  Last, Alexander M ^a   Robinson, Carol V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0032858948     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00009-5     Document Type: Review

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