TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of a magnetic field on the nucleation and growth of protein crystals
AU - Sazaki, G.
AU - Yoshida, E.
AU - Komatsu, H.
AU - Nakada, T.
AU - Miyashita, S.
AU - Watanabe, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan for the support by a Grant-in-Aid of Scientific Research. We also thank Takeda Science Foundation and Toray Science Foundation for financial support.
PY - 1997/3
Y1 - 1997/3
N2 - Crystallization of hen egg-white lysozyme and horse-spleen ferritin was carried out under a steady and uniform magnetic field of 10 T and compared with the crystals grown under 0 T. It is clearly demonstrated that a magnetic field reduced the number of nuclei and not only oriented the crystals but also modified the habit of protein crystals. The present experimental result indicates that application of a magnetic field is an efficient method for growing a small number of large crystals.
AB - Crystallization of hen egg-white lysozyme and horse-spleen ferritin was carried out under a steady and uniform magnetic field of 10 T and compared with the crystals grown under 0 T. It is clearly demonstrated that a magnetic field reduced the number of nuclei and not only oriented the crystals but also modified the habit of protein crystals. The present experimental result indicates that application of a magnetic field is an efficient method for growing a small number of large crystals.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-0248(96)00777-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-0248(96)00777-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031546880
SN - 0022-0248
VL - 173
SP - 231
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
IS - 1-2
ER -