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Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2002
Applicants:

Arnon Chait, Bay Village, OH (US);

Lawrence Delucas, Birmingham, AL (US);

Brad Stoops, Bay Village, OH (US);

Alexander Belgovskiy, Cleveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Arnon Chait, Bay Village, OH (US);

Lawrence DeLucas, Birmingham, AL (US);

Brad Stoops, Bay Village, OH (US);

Alexander Belgovskiy, Cleveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/01 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of screening solution conditions suitable for the crystallization of macromolecules with a picogram to a microgram of protein using picoliter or nanoliter volumes is provided. A preferred method comprises preparing a plurality of recipe solutions in milliliter volumes, aspirating protein and recipe solutions, respectively, from a plurality of wells, and dispensing the protein and recipe solutions into a plurality of wells, covering the combined protein and recipe solutions with oil, and maintaining the solution wells until crystallization or precipitation occur therein.


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