Epitaxial growth of protein crystals from two-dimensional crystals on lipid layers.
Two-dimensional crystals of proteins formed on lipid layers effectively nucleate the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional protein crystals. Crystals suitable for X-ray crystallography can be grown in this way more rapidly, and using substantially lower concentrations of protein and precipitants, than when using conventional methods.
Darst
S A
SA
Rockefeller University, New York, USA.
Edwards
A M
AM
D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
D008055:Lipids; D011506:Proteins