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High-Throughput, Low-Volume Soaking of Protein Crystals in the Rapid Screening of Fragment Libraries
30 Jan 2019Growing protein-ligand complex crystals can be challenging, especially in cases where the affinity is poor and the solubility of the ligand in the crystallisation condition is low. Various methodologies are often trialled before obtaining a diffraction-quality protein-ligand crystal.
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