Macromolecular impurities and disorder in protein crystals

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 270-281

  Caylor, C L ^a   Dobrianov, I ^a   Lemay, S G ^a   Kimmer, C ^a   Kriminski, S ^a   Finkelstein, K D ^b   Zipfel, W ^c   Webb, W W ^c   Thomas, B R ^d   Chernov, A A ^d   Thorne, R E ^a,c  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal defects; Crystal growth; Fluorescence microscopy; Protein crystallography; X ray topography

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; LYSOZYME; OVOTRANSFERRIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROMOLECULE; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONALBUMIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MURAMIDASE; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033566966     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990815)36:3<270::AID-PROT2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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