Protein stability: A crystallographer's perspective

Acta Crystallographica Section:F Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages 72-95

  Deller, Marc C ^a   Kong, Leopold ^b   Rupp, Bernhard ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c K k Hofkristallamt ^*  (United States)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

crystallizability; protein crystallization; protein disorder; protein stability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 84958046376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X15024619     Document Type: Review

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