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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2023

20 years of crystal hits: progress and promise in ultrahigh-throughput crystallization screening.

Miranda L Lynch, M Elizabeth Snell, Stephen A Potter, Edward H Snell, Sarah E J Bowman

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Applying 3D ED/MicroED workflows toward the next frontiers.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2024
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  11. X-ray crystal structure of a designed rigidified imaging scaffold in the ligand-free conformation.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Miranda L LynchHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8604-4431
M Elizabeth SnellHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Stephen A PotterHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Edward H SnellHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8714-3191
Sarah E J BowmanHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7426-7328

Funding

National HTX Center: Enabling Access to State-of-the-Art Crystallization CapabilitiesR24GM141256 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Bowman · 2021 to 2026
$6.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM141256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffraction-based structural methods contribute a large fraction of the biomolecular structural models available, providing a critical understanding of macromolecular architecture. These methods require crystallization of the target molecule, which remains a primary bottleneck in crystal-based structure determination. The National High-Throughput Crystallization Center at Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute has focused on overcoming obstacles to crystallization through a combination of robotics-enabled high-throughput screening and advanced imaging to increase the success of finding crystallization conditions. This paper will describe the lessons learned from over 20 years of operation of our high-throughput crystallization services. The current experimental pipelines, instrumentation, imaging capabilities and software for image viewing and crystal scoring are detailed. New developments in the field and opportunities for further improvements in biomolecular crystallization are reflected on.

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Biomedical ResearchRoboticsCrystallizationHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysModels, Structuralcrystallization facilitiescrystallization screeninghigh-throughput crystallizationmacromolecular crystallizationmacromolecular crystallography

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PMID36876429
PMCPMC9986797

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