A deliberate approach to screening for initial crystallization conditions of biological macromolecules

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 170-179

  Luft, Joseph R ^a,b   Collins, Robert J ^a   Fehrman, Nancy A ^a   Lauricella, Angela M ^a   Veatch, Christina K ^a   DeTitta, George T ^a,b  

^a HAUPTMAN WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; High throughput; Macromolecule; Microbatch

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; MACROGOL; OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLEANING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER; CONTAMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMIDITY; INCUBATOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SYRINGE; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR; VAPOR PRESSURE; VELOCITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037394492     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(03)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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