Birth is a tough process, particularly for crystals. Before a crystalline structure forms, atoms or molecules mingle in a solution, making and breaking attachments. After enough particles gather in a ...

As is well known, ferritin, and its protein moiety, apoferritin, can be readily crystallized in aqueous solutions of cadmium sulphate to yield isotropic (cubic) crystals, most commonly octahedra 1.

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