Use of a robot for high-throughput crystallization of membrane proteins in lipidic mesophases

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Li, Dianfan ^a   Boland, Coilín ^a   Walsh, Kilian ^a   Caffrey, Martin ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Automation; Crystallization; Glass sandwich plates; High throughput; In meso; Issue 67; Lipidic cubic phase; Lipidic mesophases

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84865114832     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4000     Document Type: Article

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