Screening for phasing atoms in protein crystallography

Structure

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2000, Pages R143-R149

  Boggon, Titus J ^a   Shapiro, Lawrence ^a  

^a NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BINDING SITES; BROMINE; COLOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IODINE; METALS, RARE EARTH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE;

EID: 0034661856     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00168-4     Document Type: Note

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