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" >
Interesting--do you have a reference quickly on hand for those measurements? I have always been somewhat curious about that.... JPK > Cheers, > > Ed. > > -- > "I'd jump in myself, if I weren't so good at whistling." > Julian, King of Lemurs > -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller, PhD Postdoctoral Associate HHMI Janelia Farms Research Campus email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu *******************************************