An automated system to mount cryo-cooled protein crystals on a synchrotron beamline, using compact sample cassettes and a small-scale robot

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 720-726

  Cohen, Aina E ^a   Ellis, Paul J ^a   Miller, Mitchell D ^a   Deacon, Ashley M ^a   Phizackerley, R Paul ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CRYSTAL; GONIOMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; STORAGE; SYNCHROTRON;

EID: 0036896410     PISSN: 00218898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889802016709     Document Type: Article

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