Can anomalous signal of sulfur become a tool for solving protein crystal structures?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-92

  Dauter, Zbigniew ^a   Dauter, Miroslawa ^a,c   De La Fortelle, Eric ^b   Bricogne, Gerard ^b,c   Sheldrick, George M ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalous scattering of sulfur and chlorine; Lysozyme; Phasing; Single wavelength

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; LYSOZYME; SULFUR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033612225     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2743     Document Type: Article

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