Containerless protein crystallization in floating drops: Application to crystal growth monitoring under reduced nucleation conditions

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 204-215

  Lorber, Bernard ^a   Giegé, Richard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Growth kinetics; Heterogeneous nucleation; Instrumentation; Protein crystallization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MACROMOLECULES; NUCLEATION; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VIRUSES;

CONTAINERLESS PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0030566093     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0248(96)00356-9     Document Type: Article

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