Turning protein crystallisation from an art into a science

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-583

  Chayen, Naomi E ^a  

^a Fac Med Sir Alexander Fleming B   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PARAFFIN; SILICONE OIL;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; GEL; GENOMICS; KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SCREENING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GELS; KINETICS; OILS; PROTEINS;

EID: 4744359693     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.08.002     Document Type: Review

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