Automated sample mounting and alignment system for biological crystallography at a synchrotron source

Structure

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 537-545

  Snell, Gyorgy ^a,c   Cork, Carl ^a   Nordmeyer, Robert ^a   Cornell, Earl ^a   Meigs, George ^a   Yegian, Derek ^a   Jaklevic, Joseph ^a   Jin, Jian ^a   Stevens, Raymond C ^b   Earnest, Thomas ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Takeda San Diego Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMOUNTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYOPROTECTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LASER DIFFRACTION; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STORAGE; SYNCHROTRON;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 11144357937     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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