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Enhancing the volume and the optical quality of hen egg-white lysozyme crystals by coupling the salt concentration
Elena Magay1, Sang Jin Cho, Shin Ae Kim
1Neutron Science Division, Basic Science and Technology Department, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 989-111 Daedeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-353, Republic of Korea.
Journal of Applied Crystallography
|September 22, 2012
Abstract:
The effect of coupling the salt concentration gradient crystallization method with the use of the paramagnetic salt MnCl(2) and a magnetic field is reported. The use of a simple magnetic device is proposed to have a significant effect on hen egg-white lysozyme crystal growth. Large single crystals greater than 10 mm(3) in volume with optical perfection were consistently obtained in this study.
