Seeds to crystals

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-76

  Bergfors, Terese ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Macroseeding; Microseeding; Nucleation; Ostwald ripening; Seeding; Streak seeding

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; OIL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; ENGINEERING; FILTRATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SCREENING; SEEDING; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037391080     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(03)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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