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Colloid-chemical aspects of protein crystallization

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Problems and prospects of the crystallization of water-soluble and membrane proteins are discussed. The main focus is on colloid-chemical aspects of crystallization processes and the use of surfactants and various structured dispersions (surfactant-based gels and lyotropic phases). Advantages of the protein crystallization on solid supports of different nature, including biopolymer supports, are considered. Apparently, we are witnesses to the rise of a new field, nanocrystallography, dealing with the determination of protein structures from the investigation of nanocrystals.

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Dedicated to Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences S. M. Aldoshin on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 0342–0358, February, 2013.

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Kulichikhin, V.G., Yampolskaya, G.P. Colloid-chemical aspects of protein crystallization. Russ Chem Bull 62, 338–354 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-013-0045-x

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