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Disulfide-Containing Detergents (DCDs) for the Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins

Dongxiang Xue1,2,3,4, Tiandan Xu1,3,4,5, Huixia Wang1,3,4,5

  • 1iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Ren Building, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, 201210, China.

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|August 2, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
NMR spectroscopydetergentsdisulfidesmembrane proteinsmicelle size

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