Diffraction to study protein and peptide assemblies

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 417-422

  Makin, O Sumner ^a   Sikorski, Pawel ^b   Serpell, Louise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

BETA SHEET; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33748520925     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.009     Document Type: Review

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