Introduction to protein crystallization

Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-20

  McPherson, Alexander ^a   Gavira, Jose A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO DE ESTUDIOS CRISTALOGRÁFICOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

crystallization; IYCr; proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA MINING; IYCR; METHODOLOGY; MICRODIALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IYCR; PROTEINS;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA MINING; MICRODIALYSIS; PROTEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84902828502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X13033141     Document Type: Review

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