Exhaustive crystal structure search and crystal modeling of β-chitin

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-344

  Yui, Toshifumi ^a   Taki, Naoto ^a   Sugiyama, Junji ^b   Hayashi, Sachio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMBER molecular modeling; Minicrystal models; X ray diffraction study; Chitin crystal structure

Indexed keywords

BETA CHITIN; CHITIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33846907178     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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