Domain organization and properties of LB lysozyme crystals down to submicron size

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2745-2748

  Pechkova, Eugenia ^a   Nicolini, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione ELBA Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Laser; LB protein nanocrystals; Radiation damage; X ray microdiffraction

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION; EXPOSURE; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LASER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VAPOR; X RAY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BUFFERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLYCEROL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MURAMIDASE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77954905568     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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