Dependence of apoferritin crystal growth on temperature and cadmium concentration

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 569-575

  Bartling, Karsten ^a   Sambanis, Athanassios ^a   Rousseau, Ronald W ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 33947508877     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg060279g     Document Type: Article

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