Structure and growth of ultrasmall protein microcrystals by synchrotron radiation: I. μGISAXS and μdiffraction of P450scc

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 544-552

  Nicolini, Claudio ^a,b   Pechkova, Eugenia ^a,b  

^a Fondazione ELBA Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microbeam grazing incidence; P450scc microcrystals; Synchrotron scattering diffraction

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING);

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; FILM; FRANCE; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; MICROBEAM GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 33144483698     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20537     Document Type: Article

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