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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography2011

Development of high-performance X-ray transparent crystallization plates for in situ protein crystal screening and analysis.

Ahmed S M Soliman, Matthew Warkentin, Benjamin Apker, Robert E Thorne

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Automated harvesting and processing of protein crystals through laser photoablation.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2016
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  6. Capture and X-ray diffraction studies of protein microcrystals in a microfluidic trap array.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography · 2015
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  7. Identifying, studying and making good use of macromolecular crystals.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2014
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  8. Automation in biological crystallization.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2014
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  9. Exploiting fast detectors to enter a new dimension in room-temperature crystallography.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography · 2014
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  10. Approaches to automated protein crystal harvesting.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2014
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  13. In situ macromolecular crystallography using microbeams.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ahmed S M SolimanDepartment of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Matthew Warkentin
Benjamin Apker
Robert E Thorne

Funding

ZINC FINGER-DNA COMPLEXP41RR001646 · NCRR · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI CINGOLANI, GINO · 1985 to 2011
$23.8M
New Approaches to Radiation Damage and CryoprotectionR01GM065981 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI THORNE, ROBERT E. · 2002 to 2010
$1.8M
A Universal Micromanipulation Robot for CrystallographyR42GM073278 · NIGMS · SQUARE ONE SYSTEMS DESIGN · PI VIOLA, ROBERT · 2008 to 2009
$1.3M
A Universal Micromanipulation Robot for CrystallographyR41GM073278 · NIGMS · SQUARE ONE SYSTEMS DESIGN · PI VIOLA, ROBERT J · 2005 to 2005
$198k
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR001646NCRR NIH HHS RR-01646NIGMS NIH HHS DMR-0225180NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065981NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM65981NIGMS NIH HHS R41 GM073278NIGMS NIH HHS R42 GM073278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

X-ray transparent crystallization plates based upon a novel drop-pinning technology provide a flexible, simple and inexpensive approach to protein crystallization and screening. The plates consist of open cells sealed top and bottom by thin optically, UV and X-ray transparent films. The plates do not need wells or depressions to contain liquids. Instead, protein drops and reservoir solution are held in place by rings with micrometre dimensions that are patterned onto the bottom film. These rings strongly pin the liquid contact lines, thereby improving drop shape and position uniformity, and thus crystallization reproducibility, and simplifying automated image analysis of drop contents. The same rings effectively pin solutions containing salts, proteins, cryoprotectants, oils, alcohols and detergents. Strong pinning by rings allows the plates to be rotated without liquid mixing to 90° for X-ray data collection or to be inverted for hanging-drop crystallization. The plates have the standard SBS format and are compatible with standard liquid-handling robots.

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Automation, LaboratoryCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayProteinsProteins

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PMID21697603
PMCPMC3121300

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