In situ μgISAXS: II. Thaumatin crystal growth kinetic

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1262-1267

  Gebhardt, Ronald ^a,c   Pechkova, Eugenia ^b   Riekel, Christian ^a   Nicolini, Claudio ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b Fondazione ELBA Rome   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TIME; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77956593495     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.068     Document Type: Article

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