Developments in the Implementation of Acoustic Droplet Ejection for Protein Crystallography

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 97-106

  Wu, Ping ^a   Noland, Cameron ^a   Ultsch, Mark ^a   Edwards, Bonnie ^b   Harris, David ^b   Mayer, Robert ^a   Harris, Seth F ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b Labcyte Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic droplet ejection; automated biology; automation; miniaturization; nanoliter crystallization; structural biology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; PROTEINS; ROBOTICS;

ACOUSTIC DROPLET EJECTIONS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; MINIATURIZATION; NANOLITERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION; PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

DROPS;

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 13; LEBRIKIZUMAB; PROTEIN; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ACOUSTIC DROPLET EJECTION; ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ACOUSTICS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84955478093     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2211068215598938     Document Type: Article

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