Robotic nanolitre protein crystallisation at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-327

  Stock, Daniela ^a   Perisic, Olga ^a   Löwe, Jan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; High throughput; Nanolitre dispensing; Protein crystallization; Robotics

Indexed keywords

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENGLAND; MICROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS; ROBOTICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 11844300427     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2004.07.009     Document Type: Review

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