Femtosecond crystallography of membrane proteins in the lipidic cubic phase

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1647, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Wei ^a,b   Wacker, Daniel ^b   Wang, Chong ^b   Abola, Enrique ^b   Cherezov, Vadim ^b  

^a HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Lipidic cubic phase; Membrane proteins; Serial femtosecond crystallography; X ray free electron laser

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASER METHOD; LIPID; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTRON; LASER; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; LASERS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84902668640     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0314     Document Type: Review

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