Peanut lectin crystallography and macromolecular structural studies in India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1059-1066

  Vijayan, M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ligand specificity; Quaternary structure; Structural biology; Technology in science

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUT; PROTEIN;

INDIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 35348921224     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0108-y     Document Type: Review

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