Small is beautiful: protein micro-crystallography

被引:97
作者
Cusack, S
Belrhali, H
Bram, A
Burghammer, M
Perrakis, A
Riekel, C
机构
[1] ILL, European Mol Biol Lab, Grenoble Outstn, F-38042 Grenoble 9, France
[2] European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, F-38043 Grenoble, France
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10.1038/1325
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Focused X-ray beams from third generation synchrotron sources allow the possibility of data collection from previously unusable protein microcrystals of only a few microns in size.
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页码:634 / 637
页数:4
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