High-throughput crystallization of membrane proteins using the lipidic bicelle method

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 59, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Ujwal, Rachna ^a   Abramson, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicelle; Issue 59; Lipidic crystallization; Membrane proteins crystallization; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856983217     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3383     Document Type: Article

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