The contribution of polystyrene nanospheres towards the crystallization of proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kallio, Johanna M ^a   Hakulinen, Nina ^a   Kallio, Juha P ^a   Niemi, Merja H ^a   Kärkkäinen, Susanna ^a   Rouvinen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIN; HYDROPHOBIN 1; HYDROPHOBIN 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; LACCASE; LYSOZYME; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NANOSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN; SARCOSINE DIMETHYLGLYCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE F(AB) FRAGMENT 5F2 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCREENING; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOSPHERES; POLYSTYRENES; PROTEINS;

EID: 58449091226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004198     Document Type: Article

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