Aspects of native proteins are retained in vacuum

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-408

  Ruotolo, Brandon T ^a   Robinson, Carol V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VACUUM;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 33748572634     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.020     Document Type: Review

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