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More rapid evaluation of biomacromolecular crystals for diffraction experiments

Shigeki Arai1, Toshiyuki Chatake, Nobuhiro Suzuki

  • 1Neutron Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 2-4 Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken, 319-1195, Japan.

Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography
|May 26, 2004
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