Biopolym. Cell. 1999; 15(4):280-282.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000525
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
The time domain reflectrometry studies of spatial structure of protamine
1Ochotnikova L. K., 1Sherchkova E. V., 1Tsygankov V. S.
  1. Rostov State University
    194/1, Stachka Ave., Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation, 344090

Abstract

In this work aqueous solution of protamine was investigated using the time domain reflectrometry method. It was shown that in the aqueous solution the conformation of protamine differs from globular proteins conformation.
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