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ArticleJournal of applied crystallography2009

Facilitating protein crystal cryoprotection in thick-walled plastic capillaries by high-pressure cryocooling.

Yi-Fan Chen, Mark W Tate, Sol M Gruner

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Article in Journal of applied crystallography, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Practical macromolecular cryocrystallography.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2015
    Review
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  3. Fast high-pressure freezing of protein crystals in their mother liquor.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-Fan Chen
Mark W Tate
Sol M Gruner
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron SourceCornell University · US

Funding

TOOLS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT STRUCTURAL BIOLOGYU54GM074899 · NIGMS · HAUPTMAN-WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INST · PI DETITTA, GEORGE T · 2005 to 2010
$16.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS DMR-0225180NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM074899
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many steps in the X-ray crystallographic solution of protein structures have been automated. However, the harvesting and cryocooling of crystals still rely primarily on manual handling, frequently with consequent mechanical damage. An attractive alternative is to grow crystals directly inside robust plastic capillaries that may be cryocooled and mounted on the beamline goniometer. In this case, it is still desirable to devise a way to cryoprotect the crystals, which is difficult owing to the poor thermal conductivity of thick plastic capillary walls and the large thermal mass of the capillary and internal mother liquor. A method is described to circumvent these difficulties. It is shown that high-pressure cryocooling substantially reduced the minimal concentrations of cryoprotectants required to cryocool water inside capillaries without formation of ice crystals. The minimal concentrations of PEG 200, PEG 400 and glycerol necessary for complete vitrification under pressure cryocooling were determined.

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PMID19529790
PMCPMC2684497
OpenAlexW2042639480

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