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Letter to the Editor

Pre-crystallization phase formation of thermolysin hexamers in solution close to crystallization conditions

Mikhail V. KovalchukNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian FederationView further author information
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Anastasiia S. BoikovaNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1372-5364View further author information
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Yulia A. DyakovaNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; View further author information
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Kseniia B. IlinaNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-3443View further author information
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Petr V. KonarevNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; View further author information
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Alyona E. KryukovaNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; View further author information
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Margarita A. MarchenkovaNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; Correspondence[email protected]
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Yurii V. PisarevskyNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; View further author information
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Vladimir I. TimofeevNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation; ;Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; View further author information
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Pages 3058-3064 | Received 05 Jun 2018, Accepted 26 Jul 2018, Published online: 23 Dec 2018

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