Crystallographic B factor of critical residues at enzyme active site

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-232

  Zhang, Hailong ^a   Song, Shiying ^a   Lin, Zhengjiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Active site; Crystallographic B factor; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044508145     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03183597     Document Type: Article

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