Towards automated screening of two-dimensional crystals

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-331

  Cheng, Anchi ^a   Leung, Albert ^a   Fellmann, Denis ^a   Quispe, Joel ^a   Suloway, Christian ^a   Pulokas, James ^a   Abeyrathne, Priyanka D ^b   Lam, Joseph S ^b   Carragher, Bridget ^a   Potter, Clinton S ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D crystallization; Automation; Electron crystallography; Membrane proteins; TEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SCREENING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTOMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEGATIVE STAINING; PROTEOLIPIDS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 36049014442     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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