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ArticleIUCrJ2025

Microcrystals in structural biology: small samples, big insights.

Dominik Oberthür

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Article in IUCrJ, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Rapid Structural Analysis of Natural Products Using MicroED.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Dominik OberthürCenter for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microcrystals are transforming structural biology by enabling high-resolution structures and time-resolved insights from samples once deemed too small. This commentary highlights recent advances in microfocus X-ray and MicroED methods, emphasizing their growing role as powerful and complementary tools in modern macromolecular crystallography.

Indexed as

Macromolecular SubstancesCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayHumansMacromolecular Substancesmacromolecular crystallographymicrocrystalsMicroEDserial crystallographystructural biologytime-resolved studies

Identifiers

PMID40293197
PMCPMC12044849

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