Crystallization of biological macromolecules from flash frozen samples on the Russian Space Station Mir

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-458

  Koszelak, Stanley ^a   Leja, Cathy ^a   McPherson, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallization; liquid liquid diffusion; macromolecule crystallization; microgravity; Russian space station

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS; SAMPLING; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE STATIONS; VIRUSES;

BATCH CRYSTALLIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES; LIQUID LIQUID DIFFUSION; RUSSIAN SPACE STATION MIR;

MACROMOLECULES;

AMYLASE; APOFERRITIN; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; LYSOZYME; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN; THAUMATIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FREEZING; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; SPACE; USSR;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREEZING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEINS; SPACE FLIGHT; VIRUSES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 10244279195     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961120)52:4<449::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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