Crystallization of transmembrane proteins in cubo: Mechanisms of crystal growth and defect formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1243-1254

  Qutub, Yasser ^a   Reviakine, Ilya ^a   Maxwell, Carrie ^b   Navarro, Javier ^b   Landau, Ehud M ^b   Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallization mechanisms; lipidic cubic phases; molecular resolution AFM; nucleation; transmembrane proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BUFFER; DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 6344238642     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.022     Document Type: Article

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