Macromolecular crystallization in microgravity generated by a superconducting magnet

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1077, Issue , 2006, Pages 184-193

  Wakayama, N I ^a   Yin, D C ^b   Harata, K ^c   Kiyoshi, T ^a   Fujiwara, M ^d   Tanimoto, Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Crystal quality; Macromolecular crystal; Microgravity; Protein crystal

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROGRAVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33845611515     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1362.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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