Enhancement of protein crystal nucleation by critical density fluctuations

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5334, 1997, Pages 1975-1978

  Ten Wolde, Pieter Rein ^a   Frenkel, Daan ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030806177     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5334.1975     Document Type: Article

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