Verification of Photochemically Induced Crystallization Mechanism of Proteins by Dimer Addition

Authors :: Hiroshi Hiratsuka
Tetsuo Okutsu
Takashi Kuroiwa
Hiroaki Horiuchi
Source :: Key Engineering Materials. 534:247-250
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: Trans Tech Publications, Ltd., 2013.
Abstract: We investigated the light-induced crystallization mechanism of proteins. The photochemically produced protein dimer was thought to grow to a crystal size. This was proven experimentally in this study.

Subjects :: Chemistry
Mechanical Engineering
Dimer
Nucleation
Protein dimer
law.invention
Crystal
Crystallography
chemistry.chemical_compound
Mechanics of Materials
law
General Materials Science
Crystallization
Lysozyme
Mechanism (sociology)

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