Neutron protein crystallography: current status and a brighter future

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 630-637

  Myles, Dean AA ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; AMICYANIN; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CONCANAVALIN A; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA B; DNA Z; ENDOTHIAPEPSIN; HYDROGEN; INSULIN; LYSOZYME; METMYOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RASBURICASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RUBREDOXIN; SULFITE REDUCTASE; URATE OXIDASE; WATER; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; PROTEINS;

EID: 33749080560     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.08.010     Document Type: Review

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