Atomic force microscopy in the study of macromolecular crystal growth

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 29, Issue , 2000, Pages 361-410

  McPherson, A ^a   Malkin, A J ^a   Kuznetsov, Yu G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal defects; Growth mechanisms; Protein crystals; Virus crystals; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033890205     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.29.1.361     Document Type: Review

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