Darst S A, Edwards A M
Rockefeller University, New York, USA.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1995 Oct;5(5):640-4. doi: 10.1016/0959-440x(95)80056-5.
Two-dimensional crystals of proteins formed on lipid layers effectively nucleate the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional protein crystals. Crystals suitable for X-ray crystallography can be grown in this way more rapidly, and using substantially lower concentrations of protein and precipitants, than when using conventional methods.