Protein crystal growth - Microgravity aspects

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1231-1240

  Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

CONVECTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MURAMIDASE; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033290360     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00725-5     Document Type: Article

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