Structures of biomolecular complexes by combination of NMR and cryoEM methods

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2017, Pages 104-113

  Cuniasse, Philippe ^a   Tavares, Paulo ^a   Orlova, Elena V ^b   Zinn Justin, Sophie ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROCEDURES; VIRION;

AMYLOID;

AMYLOID; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; VIRION;

EID: 85007578483     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.12.008     Document Type: Review

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