Assessing two-dimensional crystallization trials of small membrane proteins for structural biology studies by electron crystallography

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Johnson, Matthew C ^a   Rudolph, Frederik ^a   Dreaden, Tina M ^b   Zhao, Gengxiang ^a   Barry, Bridgette A ^b   Schmidt Krey, Ingeborg ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular Biology; Electron crystallography; Electron microscopy; Issue 44; Membrane protein; Screening; Structure; Two dimensional crystallization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355141936     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1846     Document Type: Article

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