Effects of buoyancy-driven convection on nucleation and growth of protein crystals

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1027, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Nanev, Christo N ^a   Penkova, Anita ^a   Chayen, Naomi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven convection; Crustacyanin; Growth; Hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL); Mimicking microgravity; Nucleation; Porcine pancreatic trypsin; Protein crystals

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACYANIN; EGG WHITE; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

CAPILLARY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAVITY; HEN; MICROGRAVITY; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; NUTRITION; PROTEIN QUALITY; RELATIVE DENSITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 10644235392     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1324.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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