Small angle neutron and X-ray scattering in structural biology: Recent examples from the literature

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-541

  Neylon, Cameron ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ab initio shape reconstruction; Constrained modelling; Rigid body modelling; SANS; SAXS; Solution structure; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 45449109207     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0259-2     Document Type: Review

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