Method of x-ray anomalous diffraction for lipid structures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 736-743

  Wang, Wangchen ^a   Pan, Deng ^a   Song, Yang ^a   Liu, Wenhan ^a,c   Yang, Lin ^b   Huang, Huey W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LAMELLAR BODY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FUSION; METHODOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33745714383     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.080267     Document Type: Article

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