Solvent-free crystallizations of amino acids: The effects of the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of side-chains

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-119

  Liu, Zhimin ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Crystallization; Hydrophilicity hydrophobicity; Polymorphism; Solvent free; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SOLVENT; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VACUUM; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 55549117101     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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