Preparation of microcrystals in lipidic cubic phase for serial femtosecond crystallography

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2123-2134

  Liu, Wei ^a,b   Ishchenko, Andrii ^a   Cherezov, Vadim ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASER; LIPID BILAYER; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASERS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907020020     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.141     Document Type: Article

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