Uncertainties in crystallization of hen-egg white lysozyme: Reproducibility issue

Crystal Research and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-454

  Yin, Da Chuan ^a   Wakayama, Nobuko I ^b   Lu, Hui Meng ^a   Ye, Ya Jing ^a   Li, Hai Sheng ^a   Luo, Hui Min ^a   Inatomi, Yuko ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomacromolecular crystallization; Interferometry; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Protein crystallization; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ENZYMES; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POWDERS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; THEOREM PROVING; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BIOMACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLIZATION; BIOMACROMOLECULES; CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES; EGG WHITES; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LYSOZYME CRYSTALS; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTALS; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; UNCERTAIN;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 54949139189     PISSN: 02321300     EISSN: 15214079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/crat.200710998     Document Type: Article

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