Determinación de la estructura cristalina de proteínas de novo a partir de los datos del láser de electrones libres

Thomas R M Barends1, Lutz Foucar1, Sabine Botha1

  • 1Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Nature
|November 26, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

Los láseres de rayos X permiten de novo la determinación de la estructura de las proteínas a partir de microcristales sin conocimiento previo. Este avance avanza en la biología estructural, especialmente para las proteínas difíciles como las proteínas de membrana.

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