High-pressure SAXS study of folded and unfolded ensembles of proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3430-3437

  Schroer, Martin A ^a   Paulus, Michael ^a   Jeworrek, Christoph ^a   Krywka, Christina ^b   Schmacke, Saskia ^a   Zhai, Yong ^a   Wieland, D C Florian ^a   Sahle, Christoph J ^a   Chimenti, Michael ^d   Royer, Catherine A ^c   Garcia Moreno, Bertrand ^d   Tolan, Metin ^a   Winter, Roland ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 78649241433     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.046     Document Type: Article

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