Straight lines of neutron scattering in biology: A review of basic controls in SANS and EINS

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 781-787

  Zaccai, Giuseppe ^a  

^a INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Elastic incoherent neutron scattering; Elastic temperature scan; Macromolecular structure and interactions in solution; Small angle neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84867578831     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-012-0825-5     Document Type: Review

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