Try the program DIBER to evaluate the likelihood your crystal contained ordered nucleic acid in addition to protein. See Acta Cryst. (2010). D66, 643-653 “DIBER: protein, DNA, or both?” by G. Chojnowski & M. Bochtler.
Good luck, Pete ________________________________________ From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of zq deng [dengzq1...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 8:36 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] detect dsDNA Hi all, . recently,I got a crystal of protein-DNA crystal.i used silver stainto prove that it is a protein crystal.Does anyone have method to detect if there is DNA in the crystal. any suggestion will be appreciated. Regards, deng
