macroseeding

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noun

The seeding of crystallization using an intact crystal that has already been grown

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Meanings

nounmacroseeding (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemacromolecular crystallographybiochemistryThe seeding of crystallization using an intact crystal that has already been grown

    Repeated cycles of macroseeding were required to obtain crystals of sufficient size for data collection[…].

    1998 March 6, Lance Stewart et al., “A Model for the Mechanism of Human Topoisomerase I”, in Science, volume 279, number 5356, →DOI, pages 1534–1541

Origin

From macro- + seeding.

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