Analytical ultracentrifugation for the study of protein association and assembly

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-436

  Howlett, Geoffrey J ^a   Minton, Allen P ^b   Rivas, Germán ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION RATE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 33748565349     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.017     Document Type: Review

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