Calibration and standardisation of synchrotron radiation and conventional circular dichroism spectrometers. Part 2: Factors affecting magnitude and wavelength

Spectroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-51

  Miles, Andrew J ^a   Wien, Frank ^a   Lees, Jonathan G ^a,c   Wallace, B A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CELLS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARDIZATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

CELL PATHLENGTH; PROTEIN CONCENTRATION; STRUCUTRAL BIOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION CIRCULAR DICHROISM (SRCD) SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTROMETERS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION; SPECTROMETER; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON;

EID: 12844253803     PISSN: 07124813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/263649     Document Type: Article

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