Mass spectrometry studies of protein folding

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-265

  Wani, Ajazul Hamid ^a   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen deuterium exchange; Macromolecular assembly; Mass spectrometry; Protein folding and aggregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864807757     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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