A low-dose electron diffraction assay for protection of protein structure against damage from drying

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-269

  Massover, William H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalase; Electron crystallography; Electron diffraction; Polyvinylpyrrolidone; Protein structure; Resolution; Sugar sustains

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DISACCHARIDE; ESTER; POVIDONE; SOLVENT;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESICCATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALASE; DESICCATION; DISACCHARIDES; ESTERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POVIDONE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 2042427909     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927604040073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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