On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 14:53 +0400, Evgeny Osipov wrote: > Protein crystals behave rather as gelatine and not as solid
I'd have to disagree on that. Protein crystals are fragile but not soft. If your crystals are like gelatine it's unusual. It has been demonstrated that elastic properties of protein crystals are similar to "organic solids". Cheers, Ed. -- "I'd jump in myself, if I weren't so good at whistling." Julian, King of Lemurs