JAXA-GCF project - High-quality protein crystals grown under microgravity environment for better understanding of protein structure

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 184-189

  Sato, Masaru ^a   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^b   Inaka, Koji ^c   Shinozaki, Shinichi ^b   Yamanaka, Ari ^b   Takahashi, Sachiko ^b   Yamanaka, Mari ^b   Hirota, Erika ^b   Sugiyama, Shigeru ^c   Kato, Mitsuyasu ^a   Saito, Chie ^a   Sano, Satoshi ^a   Motohara, Moritoshi ^a   Nakamura, Tai ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoyuki ^a   Yoshitomi, Susumu ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuo ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Japan Space Forum ^*  (Japan)

^c Maruwa Food Industries Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYOPROTECTING CRYSTALS; GEL-TUBE METHOD CRYSTALLIZATION DEVICES; MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN CRYSTALS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 33845462058     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02870406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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