Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins

Production of Membrane Proteins: Strategies for Expression and Isolation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 249-273

  Salom, David ^a   Palczewski, Krzysztof ^b  

^a Polgenix Inc   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; M2 proton channel; Membrane protein; Post translation modification; Rhodopsin; RPE65; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863021301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527634521.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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