[ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube.

2016-10-18 Thread kiki
Dear all users, I got my crystals at the bottom of the tube on ice just before I started to screen crystals. Those crystals' shapes were good but easy to melt when I harvested them. I shot these crystals. They only diffracted to 7A to 8A. Has anyone ever met this situation before? How to impr

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube.

2016-10-18 Thread Artem Evdokimov
Hi Lingyuan, 1) you're very lucky (but you already know that) 2) crystals grown quickly in bulk rarely diffract well. I would follow up by a conventional droplet crystallization against a concentrating agent - in the cold - such that your protein gradually concentrates from [X] to 2-3 times [X] an

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube.

2016-10-19 Thread mesters
Yes, it is many years ago, a large protein batch (50 ml or so) stored in the cold room that produced an impressive layer of crystals at the bottom of the flask. One student at that time tested many crystals and found only a few that diffracted to atomic (!) resolution. Crystallization is a

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube.

2016-10-19 Thread Hargreaves, David
[mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of kiki Sent: 18 October 2016 11:42 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube. Dear all users, I got my crystals at the bottom of the tube on ice just before I started to screen crystals. Those crystals' shapes

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube.

2016-10-24 Thread Patrick Shaw Stewart
t; > > > Best wishes, > > > > David > > > > *From:* CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] *On Behalf Of * > kiki > *Sent:* 18 October 2016 11:42 > *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Subject:* [ccp4bb] Crystals grow at the bottom of the tube. > >