Direct cryocooling of naked crystals: Are cryoprotection agents always necessary?

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 902-906

  Pellegrini, Erika ^a,b   Piano, Dario ^a,c   Bowler, Matthew W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Life and Environmental Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

automation; cryocooling; cryoprotectants; macromolecular crystallography

Indexed keywords

BETA PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; BETA-PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; MUTASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHOMUTASES); PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

EID: 80053078587     PISSN: 09074449     EISSN: 13990047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0907444911031210     Document Type: Article

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