Increasing the diffraction limit and internal order of a membrane protein crystal by dehydration

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Kuo, Anling ^a   Bowler, Matthew W ^a,b   Zimmer, Jochen ^a   Antcliff, Jennifer F ^a   Doyle, Declan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloride channel; Crystal; Dehydration; Membrane protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DEHYDRATION; DIFFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; WATER LOSS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037292373     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00633-0     Document Type: Article

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