Membrane proteins, detergents and crystals: What is the state of the art?

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1576-1583

  Loll, Patrick J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallization; detergents; membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PROTEIN STABILITY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETERGENTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84925883820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X14025035     Document Type: Article

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