Protein Fiber Linear Dichroism for Structure Determination and Kinetics in A Low-Volume, Low-Wavelength Couette Flow Cell

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 404-410

  Dafforn, Timothy R ^a,f   Rajendra, Jacindra ^b   Halsall, David J ^c   Serpell, Louise C ^d,e   Rodger, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; LINEAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346688714     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74116-8     Document Type: Article

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