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Optimized selection of slow-relaxing 13C transitions in methyl groups of proteins: application to relaxation

Vitali Tugarinov1, Theodoros K Karamanos2, G Marius Clore3

  • 1Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0520, USA. vitali.tugarinov@nih.gov.

Journal of Biomolecular NMR
|October 2, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
13CH3 spin-systemAcute angle RF pulsesMethyl 13C CPMG relaxation dispersionMethyl NMR

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