High-Throughput Protein Crystallography

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-15

  Azarani, Arezou ^a,c   Segelke, Brent W ^b   Toppani, Dominique ^b   Lekin, Timothy ^b  

^a Axygen BioSciences   (United States)

^b Macromolecular Crystallography and TB Structural Genomics Consortium   (United States)

^c Protogen Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

automation; dispenser; high throughput protein crystallography; LIMS; plates; protein crystallography; scanner; software

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

HIGH-THROUGHPUT PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

PROTEINS;

BUFFER;

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VAPOR;

EID: 32544432976     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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