ChipX: A novel microfluidic chip for counter-diffusion crystallization of biomolecules and in situ crystal analysis at room temperature

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3333-3340

  Pinker, Franziska ^a   Brun, Mathieu ^b   Morin, Pierre ^b   Deman, Anne Laure ^b   Chateaux, Jean François ^b   Oliéric, Vincent ^c   Stirnimann, Christian ^c   Lorber, Bernard ^a   Terrier, Nicolas ^b   Ferrigno, Rosaria ^b   Sauter, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; SINGLE-WAVELENGTH ANOMALOUS DISPERSIONS; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOMOLECULES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

EID: 84881398627     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg301757g     Document Type: Article

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