Microseed matrix screening for optimization in protein crystallization: What have we learned?

Acta Crystallographica Section:F Structural Biology Communications

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1117-1126

  D'Arcy, Allan ^a   Bergfors, Terese ^b   Cowan Jacob, Sandra W ^c   Marsh, May ^d  

^a ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

crystallization; microseed matrix screening; optimization

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS;

EID: 84907033607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2053230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X14015507     Document Type: Article

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