The effect of protein impurities on lysozyme crystal growth

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 776-785

  Judge, Russell A ^a   Forsythe, Elizabeth L ^b   Pusey, Marc L ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Impurities; Lysozyme; Protein crystallization; Purification; Solubility

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

LYSOZYMES;

ENZYME KINETICS;

AVIDIN; LYSOZYME; OVALBUMIN; OVOTRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EGG; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; AVIDIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CONALBUMIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MURAMIDASE; OVALBUMIN; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0032552493     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980920)59:6<776::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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