Trimethylamine N-oxide as a versatile cryoprotective agent in macromolecular crystallography

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 433-436

  Mueller Dieckmann, Christoph ^a   Kauffmann, Brice ^b   Weiss, Manfred S ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT EUROPÉEN DE CHIMIE ET BIOLOGIE   (France)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

cryocrystallography; cryoprotectant; macromolecular crystallography; TMAO; trimethylamine N oxide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; RADIATION DAMAGE; SOLUTIONS;

CRYO-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYOPROTECTANTS; MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; TMAO; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDES;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 79953051017     PISSN: 00218898     EISSN: 16005767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889811000045     Document Type: Article

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