Immobilization of Scapharca HbI crystals improves data quality in time-resolved crystallographic experiments

Micron

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-108

  Knapp, James E ^a   Šrajer, Vukica ^b   Pahl, Reinhard ^b   Royer Jr , William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Diffraction; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

SCAPHARCA;

EID: 1242322570     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2003.10.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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