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
>



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