Magnetically controlled gravity for protein crystal growth

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  Heijna, M C R ^a   Poodt, P W G ^a   Tsukamoto, K ^b   De Grip, W J ^c   Christianen, P C M ^a   Maan, J C ^a   Hendrix, J L A ^a   Van Enckevort, W J P ^a   Vlieg, E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROGRAVITY; PROTEINS;

GROWTH VELOCITY; PROTEIN CRYSTALS; SPACE-BASED CRYSTAL GROWTH;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 34547310609     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2752718     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. E. H. Snell and J. R. Helliwel, Rep. Prog. Phys. 68, 799 (2005).
2. A. Vergara, B. Lorber, C. Sauter, R. Giege, and A. Zagari, Biophys. Chem. 118, 102 (2005).
3. W. Littke and C. John, Science 225, 203 (1984).
4. D. Braithwaite, E. Beaugnon, and R. Tournier, Nature (London) 354, 134 (1991).
5. N. Ramachandran and F. W. Leslie, J. Cryst. Growth 274, 297 (2005).
6. P. W. G. Poodt, M. C. R. Heijna, K. Tsukamoto, W. J. de Grip, P. C. M. Christianen, J. C. Maan, W. J. P. van Enckevort, and E. Vlieg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 214105 (2005).
7. E. Beaugnon and R. Tournier, Nature (London) 349, 470 (1991).
8. A. K. Geim, Phys. Today 51, 36 (1998).
9. N. I. Wakayama, Cryst. Growth Des. 3, 17 (2003).
10. N. I. Wakayama, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 2 44, L833 (2005).
11. P. J. Shlichta, J. Cryst. Growth 76, 656 (1986).
12. Y. Ikezoe, N. Hirota, J. Nakagawa, and K. Kitazawa, Nature (London) 393, 749 (1998).
13. A. T. Catherall, L. Eaves, P. J. King, and S. R. Booth, Nature (London) 422, 579 (2003).
14. A. McPherson, Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1999).
15. G. Settles, Schlieren and Shadowgraphy Techniques (Springer, Berlin, 2001).
16. W. J. Fredericks, M. C. Hammonds, S. B. Howard, and F. Rosenberger, J. Cryst. Growth 141, 183 (1994).
17. P. W. G. Poodt, M. C. R. Heijna, K. Tsukamoto, W. J. de Grip, P. C. M. Christianen, J. C. Maan, W. J. P. van Enckevort, and E. Vlieg, Cryst. Growth Des. 6, 2275 (2006).
18. N. Ramachandran, C. R. Baugher, and R. J. Naumann, Microgravity Sci. Technol. 8, 170 (1995).
19. F. Otálora, J. M. García-Ruiz, L. Carotenuto, D. Castagnolo, M. L. Novella, and A. A. Chernov, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D: Biol. Crystallogr. 58, 1681 (2002).
20. M. C. Robert, K. Provost, and F. Lefaucheux, in Crystallization of nucleic acids and proteins: a practical approach, edited by, A. Ducruix, and, R. Gieǵ, (IRL, Oxford, 1999), p. 149.
21. J. M. García-Ruiz, J. Drenth, M. Rís-Kautt and A. Tardieu, in A World without Gravity: Research in Space for Health and Industrial Processes, edited by, G. Seibert, B. Titton, and, B. Battrick, (ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2001), p. 159.
22. D. C. Carter, P. Rhodes, D. E. McRee, L. W. Tari, D. R. Dougan, G. Snell, E. Abola, and R. C. Stevens, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 38, 87 (2005).