Ribosomal crystallography: Cryo protectants and cooling agents

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Krumbholz, Susanne ^a   Schlünzen, Frank ^a   Harms, Jörg ^a   Bartels, Heike ^a   Kölln, Ingo ^a   Knaack, Klaus ^a   Bennett, William S ^a   Bhanumoorthy, Pulooru ^a   Hansen, Harly A S ^a   Volkmann, Niels ^a   Bashan, Anat ^b   Levin, Inna ^b   Tocilj, Ante ^b   Yonath, Ada ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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