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Protein crystallization under microgravity conditions. Analysis of the results of Russian experiments performed on the International Space Station in 2005−2015

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Conditions of mass transport to growing crystals have a considerable effect on the crystal size and quality. The reduction of convective transport can help improve the quality of crystals for X-ray crystallography. One approach to minimizing convective transport is crystallization in a microgravity environment, in particular, in space. The data obtained by our research team in protein crystallization experiments on the International Space Station are surveyed and analyzed.

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  1. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123098, Russia

    K. M. Boyko, V. I. Timofeev, V. R. Samygina, I. P. Kuranova, V. O. Popov & M. V. Koval’chuk

  2. Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    K. M. Boyko & V. O. Popov

  3. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics,”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 59, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    V. I. Timofeev, V. R. Samygina, I. P. Kuranova & M. V. Koval’chuk

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Original Russian Text © K.M. Boyko, V.I. Timofeev, V.R. Samygina, I.P. Kuranova, V.O. Popov, M.V. Koval’chuk, 2016, published in Kristallografiya, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 691–702.

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Boyko, K.M., Timofeev, V.I., Samygina, V.R. et al. Protein crystallization under microgravity conditions. Analysis of the results of Russian experiments performed on the International Space Station in 2005−2015. Crystallogr. Rep. 61, 718–729 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774516050059

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