A straightforward and robust method for introducing human hair as a nucleant into high throughput crystallization trials

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1170-1176

  Nederlof, Igor ^a   Hosseini, Rohola ^a   Georgieva, Dilyana ^a   Luo, Jinghui ^a   Li, Dianfan ^b   Abrahams, Jan Pieter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HUMAN HAIR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEANTS; RATE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; ROBUST METHODS; STANDARD EQUIPMENTS; TRIAL AND ERROR;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; STANDARDS; STEEL METALLURGY; THROUGHPUT;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 79953856831     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg101374r     Document Type: Article

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