Density modification for macromolecular phase improvement

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-270

  Cowtan, Kevin D ^a   Zhang, Kam Y J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY; ELECTRON; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICS; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032872798     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(99)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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