New directions in conventional methods of protein crystallization

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 3-12

  Bolanos Garcia, Victor M ^a   Chayen, Naomi E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous nucleation; Microbatch; Porous materials; Protein crystallization; Vapor diffusion

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGANDS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 75249106882     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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