ContaMiner and ContaBase: a webserver and database for early identification of unwantedly crystallized protein contaminants

A webserver, titled ContaMiner, has been established, which allows fast molecular-replacement-based screening of crystallographic data against a database (ContaBase) of currently 62 potential contaminants. ContaMiner enables systematic screening of novel crystals at synchrotron beamlines, and it would be valuable as a routine safety check for ‘crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis’ publications.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Crystallography

• Publication date

  2016-11-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Materials Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1107/S1600576716014965PMID 27980519PMCID 5140001
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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