Small-angle scattering for structural biology - Expanding the frontier while avoiding the pitfalls

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 642-657

  Jacques, David A ^a   Trewhella, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contrast variation; Neutron scattering; Protein complexes; Protein structure; SANS; SAXS; Small angle scattering; Structural modeling; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; CALMODULIN; CYCLINE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE R; SOLVENT;

ACCURACY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STANDARD;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77950223101     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.351     Document Type: Review

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