Numerical analysis of the depletion zone formation around a growing protein crystal

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1027, Issue , 2004, Pages 10-19

  Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a   Inaka, Koji ^b   Sugiyama, Shigeru ^b   Takahashi, Sachiko ^a   Sano, Satoshi ^c   Sato, Masaru ^c   Yoshitomi, Susumu ^c  

^a Japan Space Utiliz Promotion Center   (Japan)

^b Maruwa Food Industries Inc   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Impurity depletion zone; Protein crystal growth; Protein depletion zone; Space experiment; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; MACROGOL 8000; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR SIZE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN QUALITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; SPACE; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 10644229052     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1324.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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