Repair of impurity-poisoned protein crystal surfaces

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 486-495

  Plomp, M ^a   McPherson, A ^a   Malkin, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Cessation of growth; Crystal growth; Crystallization; Dead zone; Growth cycles; Impurities; Macromolecules; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADSORPTION; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0037441457     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10288     Document Type: Article

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