Mechanisms, kinetics, impurities and defects: Consequences in macromolecular crystallization

Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-403

  McPherson, Alexander ^a   Kuznetsov, Yurii G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; crystal growth; nucleation; protein crystals; solution growth; virus crystals; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

MACROMOLECULE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84902523855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X14004816     Document Type: Article

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