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ArticleJournal of structural and functional genomics2010

To automate or not to automate: this is the question.

M Cymborowski, M Klimecka, M Chruszcz, M D Zimmerman, I A Shumilin, D Borek, K Lazarski, A Joachimiak, Z Otwinowski, W Anderson and 1 more

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Article in Journal of structural and functional genomics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Approaches to automated protein crystal harvesting.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2014
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  13. Graphical tools for macromolecular crystallography in PHENIX.Journal of applied crystallography · 2012
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  17. The Protein Maker: an automated system for high-throughput parallel purification.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

M CymborowskiDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22908, USA.
M Klimecka
M Chruszcz
M D Zimmerman
I A Shumilin
D Borek
K Lazarski
A Joachimiak
Z Otwinowski
W Anderson
W Minor

Funding

The Midwest Center for Structural GenomicsU54GM074942 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2005 to 2009
$51.0M
X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF MACROMOLECULESR01GM053163 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MINOR, WLADEK, OTWINOWSKI, ZBYSZEK · 1996 to 2014
$6.3M
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200700058CNIGMS NIH HHS GM53163NIGMS NIH HHS GM74942NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053163NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM074942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New protocols and instrumentation significantly boost the outcome of structural biology, which has resulted in significant growth in the number of deposited Protein Data Bank structures. However, even an enormous increase of the productivity of a single step of the structure determination process may not significantly shorten the time between clone and deposition or publication. For example, in a medium size laboratory equipped with the LabDB and HKL-3000 systems, we show that automation of some (and integration of all) steps of the X-ray structure determination pathway is critical for laboratory productivity. Moreover, we show that the lag period after which the impact of a technology change is observed is longer than expected.

Indexed as

Automation, LaboratoryCrystallography, X-RayDatabases, ProteinProtein ConformationProteinsX-Ray DiffractionProteins

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PMID20526815
PMCPMC2921494

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