Recent developments for the efficient crystallographic refinement of macromolecular structures

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 606-611

  Brünger, Axel T ^a   Adams, Paul D ^a   Rice, Luke M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0344541116     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80152-8     Document Type: Article

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