The 2DX robot: A membrane protein 2D crystallization Swiss Army knife

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-378

  Iacovache, Ioan ^a   Biasini, Marco ^b   Kowal, Julia ^b   Kukulski, Wanda ^c   Chami, Mohamed ^b   van der Goot, F Gisou ^a   Engel, Andreas ^b,d   Rémigy, Hervé W ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2D crystallization; Cyclodextrin; Electron microscopy; High throughput; Membrane protein

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; AQUAPORIN 8; AQUAPORIN SOPIP2;1; CYCLODEXTRIN; DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLODEXTRINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 76749133629     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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