People who are new in this area and just want to get some introductory
information are referred to the following publication:
A. McPherson: Current approaches to macromolecular crystallization,
Eur. J. Biochem. (1990) 189, 1-23.
An interesting comparison of "small molecule" and "large molecule"
crystallization can be found in
F. Rosenberger: Inorganic and Protein Crystal Growth -
Similarities and Differences,
J. Cryst. Growth (1986) 76, 618-636.
An introduction to protein crystallization in gels can be found in
J.M. Garcia-Ruiz, A. Moreno, F. Otalora, D. Rondon, C. Viedma and
F. Zauscher: Teaching Protein Crystallization by the Gel Acupuncture Method
J. Chem. Educ. (1998) 75, 442-446.
You can also get some usefull hints from a commercial supplier of
crystallization tools:
Hampton Research