Automated electron microscopy for evaluating two-dimensional crystallization of membrane proteins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-110

  Hu, Minghui ^a   Vink, Martin ^a,b   Kim, Changki ^a   Derr, KD ^a   Koss, John ^c   D'Amico, Kevin ^c   Cheng, Anchi ^d   Pulokas, James ^d   Ubarretxena Belandia, Iban ^b   Stokes, David ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JKD Instruments   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Crystallography; Electron microscopy; Membrane protein; Protein structure; Structural genomics; Two dimensional crystal

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

AUTOMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOFTWARE;

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 77953600862     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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