Membrane proteins: The 'Wild West' of structural biology

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Torres, Jaume ^a   Stevens, Tim J ^b   Samsó, Montserrat ^c,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037333304     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00026-4     Document Type: Review

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