Unique water distribution of Langmuir-Blodgett versus classical crystals

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Pechkova, Eugenia ^a,b   Sivozhelezov, Victor ^a   Belmonte, Luca ^a,b   Nicolini, Claudio ^a,b,c,d  

^a Nanoworld Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Langmuir Blodgett; Thin film; Thin film protein crystallography; Water distribution; Water molecules; Water surrounding

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K; RIBONUCLEASE; THAUMATIN; WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WATER MOLECULE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SOLVENTS; THERMOLYSIN; WATER;

EID: 84867002830     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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