I used glutaraldehyde vapor by placing crystal drop above a bridge
with 15% glutaradehyde for various amount of time. It worked for me
for many crystals, but not for the one that I am trying now. The
crystal didn't diffract any more. I intended to make the crystal
tougher for heavy metal soaking. I am just wondering what will happen
if I use some other crosslinking chemicals.
Nian Huang
Dept of Biochemistry
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX 75390
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Nian Huang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I know most people use glutaraldehyde as the crosslinking reagent for
> their crystals. But there are a lot of other crosslinking chemicals
> available both in protein chemistry and histology, such as simple
> formaldehyde. Did anybody have experience with other chemicals and how
> did they compared with glutaradehyde? I have a crystal very sensitive
> to glutaradehyde but I really wants to try the crosslinking method.
> Thanks,
>
> Nian Huang
> Dept of Biochemistry
> UT Southwestern Medical Center
> Dallas, TX 75390
>
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