The promise of macromolecular crystallization in microfluidic chips

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 180-187

  Van Der Woerd, Mark ^a   Ferree, Darren ^a   Pusey, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lab on a chip; Macromolecule crystallization; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAS PERMEABILITY; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MICROGRAVITY; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SCREENING; SOLUBILITY; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; VISCOSITY; X RAY;

EID: 0037391135     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(03)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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