Protein crystallization in vivo

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-46

  Doye, Jonathan P K ^a   Poon, Wilson C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Protein crystallization

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BIOLOGICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 33646118750     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2005.10.002     Document Type: Review

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