Applications of the second virial coefficient: Protein crystallization and solubility

Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 543-554

  Wilson, William W ^a   Delucas, Lawrence J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallization; second virial coefficient; solubility

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METABOLISM; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84905442057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X1400867X     Document Type: Article

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