Diffraction techniques in structural biology

Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 41, 2010, Pages

  Egli, Martin ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallization; diffraction; electron microscopy; neutron scattering; structural biology; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953862840     PISSN: 19349270     EISSN: 19349289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc0713s41     Document Type: Review

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