EFFECTS OF A MAGNETIC-FIELD ON THE NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF PROTEIN CRYSTALS

Authors
SAZAKI G YOSHIDA E KOMATSU H NAKADA T MIYASHITA S WATANABE K
Citation
G. Sazaki et al., EFFECTS OF A MAGNETIC-FIELD ON THE NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF PROTEIN CRYSTALS, Journal of crystal growth, 173(1-2), 1997, pp. 231-234
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Journal of crystal growth → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220248
Volume
173
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
231 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0248(1997)173:1-2<231:EOAMOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Crystallization of hen egg-white lysozyme and horse-spleen ferritin wa s carried out under a steady and uniform magnetic field of 10 T and co mpared with the crystals grown under 0 T. It is clearly demonstrated t hat a magnetic field reduced the number of nuclei and not only oriente d the crystals but also modified the habit of protein crystals. The pr esent experimental result indicates that application of a magnetic fie ld is an efficient method for growing a small number of large crystals .