Protein crystal growth in microgravity using a liquid/liquid diffusion method

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-283

  Wang, Y P ^a   Han, Y ^a   Pan, J S ^a   Wang, K Y ^b   Bi, R C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

LIQUID/LIQUID DIFFUSION METHOD;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; TRICHOSANTHIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; EVALUATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-69 SHUTTLE PROJECT; THERMODYNAMICS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-69 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONVECTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; EVALUATION STUDIES; MURAMIDASE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEINS; SPACE FLIGHT; TRICHOSANTHIN; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0030298908     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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