Approaches to automated protein crystal harvesting

Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-155

  Deller, Marc C ^a   Rupp, Bernhard ^b,c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Forensic Crystallography K k Hofkristallamt ^*  (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

automation; protein crystal harvesting

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CRYSTAL HARVESTING; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATION; PROTEIN CRYSTAL HARVESTING;

AUTOMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PROTEINS; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 84901856196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X14000387     Document Type: Article

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