Synchrotron-based small-angle X-ray scattering of proteins in solution

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1727-1739

  Skou, Soren ^a   Gillilan, Richard E ^b   Ando, Nozomi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HUMANS; PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOLUTIONS; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84908191629     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.116     Document Type: Article

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