The application of terahertz spectroscopy to protein detection: A review

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 448-461

  Xie, Lijuan ^a   Yao, Yang ^a   Ying, Yibin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

conformational change; detection; protein; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; NATIONAL DEFENSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES; PROTEIN CONTENTS; PROTEIN DETECTION; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

CONFORMATIONS; ERROR DETECTION; PROTEINS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

EID: 84891315414     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704928.2013.847845     Document Type: Review

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