Crystals of the basic elicitin secreted by Phytophthora cryptogea have been obtained by the hanging-drop method of vapor diffusion from sodium chloride solutions. The crystals belong to the tetragonal space group P4(1)22 (or enantiomorph P4(3)22), with unit cell dimensions a = b = 47 A, c = 137 A and probably contain two molecules per asymmetric unit. The crystals are very stable to X-rays and diffract to 2.2 A resolution on a synchrotron radiation source.

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