Protein crystals and their growth

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Chernov, Alexander A ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Crystals; Defects; Kinetics; Microgravity; Proteins; Solubility; Structural resolution

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CASEIN; CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN; CYTOCHROME C; LYSOZYME; MYOGLOBIN; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN;

CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SOLUBILITY; STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0037391987     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(03)00034-0     Document Type: Review

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