Nucleation of protein crystals under the influence of solution shear flow

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1077, Issue , 2006, Pages 214-231

  Penkova, Anita ^a   Pan, Weichun ^b   Hodjaoglu, Feyzim ^a   Vekilov, Peter G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization in solution; Electric field effects; Nucleation control; Nucleation mechanisms; Protein crystallization

Indexed keywords

APOFERRITIN; FERRITIN; PROTEIN; WATER;

AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33845621947     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1362.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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