Nanoliter-scale protein crystallization and screening with a microfluidic droplet robot

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Ying ^a   Zhu, Li Na ^a   Guo, Rui ^b   Cui, Heng Jun ^b   Ye, Sheng ^b   Fang, Qun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVICES; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ROBOTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ROBOTICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84901398205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05046     Document Type: Article

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