An overview of biological macromolecule crystallization

IR Krauss, A Merlino, A Vergara, F Sica - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
The elucidation of the three dimensional structure of biological macromolecules has
provided an important contribution to our current understanding of many basic mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Counterdiffusion methods applied to protein crystallization

F Otálora, JA Gavira, JD Ng, JM García-Ruiz - Progress in biophysics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Accumulated experience during the last years on counterdiffusion crystallization methods
shows that they are a convenient and generally applicable way of optimizing solution crystal …

Macromolecular crystallization in microgravity

EH Snell, JR Helliwell - Reports on progress in physics, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Density difference fluid flows and sedimentation of growing crystals are greatly reduced
when crystallization takes place in a reduced gravity environment. In the case of …

Protein Crystallography: Achievements and Challenges

V Timofeev, V Samygina - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Proteins are the most important biological macromolecules, and are involved in almost all
aspects of life. Therefore, the study of the structure of proteins is of great practical and …

Microgravity as an environment for macromolecular crystallization–an outlook in the era of space stations and commercial space flight

EH Snell, JR Helliwell - Crystallography Reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In 2005 we reviewed microgravity for macromolecular crystallization, four years after the final
flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, and five years before the first commercial flight to the …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal growth of proteins, nucleic acids, and viruses in gels

B Lorber, C Sauter, A Théobald-Dietrich… - Progress in biophysics …, 2009 - Elsevier
Medium-sized single crystals with perfect habits and no defect producing intense and well-
resolved diffraction patterns are the dream of every protein crystallographer. Crystals of …

Physics and chemistry of icy particles in the universe: answers from microgravity

P Ehrenfreund, HJ Fraser, J Blum… - Planetary and Space …, 2003 - Elsevier
During the last century, the presence of icy particles throughout the universe has been
confirmed by numerous ground and space based observations. Ultrathin icy layers are …

Electrodeposition of copper oxides (CuxOy) from acetate bath

Z Mezine, A Kadri, L Hamadou, N Benbrahim… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Herein, we report the study of the electrodeposition of copper oxides mainly Cuprite (Cu 2
O), paramelaconite Cu 4 O 3 and tenorite (CuO) from a slightly acidic Cu (II) acetate solution …

Methods for obtaining better diffractive protein crystals: from sample evaluation to space crystallization

Y Hashizume, K Inaka, N Furubayashi, M Kamo… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we present a summary on how to obtain protein crystals from which better
diffraction images can be produced. In particular, we describe, in detail, quality evaluation of …

Physical aspects of protein crystal growth investigated with the Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility in reduced-gravity environments

A Vergara, B Lorber, A Zagari, R Giegé - … Crystallographica Section D …, 2003 - scripts.iucr.org
The physicochemical aspects of protein crystallization in reduced-gravity environments (µg)
have been investigated with the Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility during six space …