Protein conformation from electron spin relaxation data

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Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Published on: September 17, 2017

J P Allen, J T Colvin, D G Stinson

    Biophysical Journal
    |June 1, 1982
    PubMed

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