Scientific approach to the optimization of protein crystallization conditions for microgravity experiments

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1027, Issue , 2004, Pages 28-47

  Yoshizaki, Izumi ^a   Nakamura, Hirohiko ^b   Fukuyama, Seijiro ^c   Komatsu, Hiroshi ^a,d   Yoda, Shinichi ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Microgravity; Nucleation; Protein; Vapor diffusion

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FLUID TRANSPORT; MASS ACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROGRAVITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SCIENCE; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME; VAPOR;

EID: 10644239774     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1324.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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