High-throughput automated system for crystallizing membrane proteins in lipidic mesophases

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-139

  Peddi, Avinash ^b   Muthusubramaniam, Lalitha ^c   Zheng, Yuan F ^a,d,e   Cherezov, Vadim ^f   Misquitta, Yohann ^g   Caffrey, Martin ^g,h  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Tecan US   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d Ohio State University   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring; Crystallography; High throughput screening; Highly viscous biomaterials; Laboratory robotics; Membrane proteins; Miniaturization; Nanovolumes

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE MEASURING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIGHLY VISCOUS BIOMATERIALS; LABORATORY ROBOTICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MINIATURIZATION; NANOVOLUMES;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIPIDS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 34147184268     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2006.880541     Document Type: Article

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