Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Applied to Proteins in Solution

Proteins in Solution and at Interfaces: Methods and Applications in Biotechnology and Materials Science

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-72

  Barbosa, Leandro Ramos Souza ^a   Spinozzi, Francesco ^b   Mariani, Paolo ^b   Itri, Rosangela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin (BSA); Dilute solution; Guinier's law; Kratky's representation; Old yellow enzyme (OYE); Porod's invariant; Protein aggregation; Protein interaction; Replication factor C (RFC); Small angle X ray scattering (SAXS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886338900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118523063.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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