Growth kinetics of tetragonal lysozyme crystals

A method has been devised for immobilizing protein crystals in small volumes under defined conditions in order to determine growth rates on various faces. Using this method, we have investigated the growth kinetics of the [110] face of tetragonal hens egg white lysozyme crystals at varying degrees of bulk supersaturation. The growth rate data were analyzed using a simple convective-diffusive model to determine an empirical relationship between...