PMID- 15333956
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050225
LR  - 20070724
IS  - 0907-4449 (Print)
IS  - 0907-4449 (Linking)
VI  - 60
IP  - Pt 9
DP  - 2004 Sep
TI  - CLIMS: crystallography laboratory information management system.
PG  - 1691-3
AB  - Macromolecular crystallography requires simple yet effective means of organizing 
      and managing the large amounts of data generated by crystallization experiments. 
      There are several freely available web-based Laboratory Information Management 
      Systems (LIMS) that assist in these tasks. These, however, rely on the limited 
      user interfaces allowed in HTML-based web pages. To address this limitation, a 
      new LIMS for protein crystallization, which features a novel rich graphical user 
      interface (GUI) to a relational database, has been developed. This application, 
      which is called CLIMS (Crystallography LIMS), assists in all aspects of 
      protein-crystallization projects: protein expression, handling, crystallization 
      optimization, visualization of results and preliminary diffraction data. 
      Extensive use of templates, particularly for commercial screens and common 
      optimization grid screens, exploits the redundancy in experimental setups. The 
      crystallization tray is the central focus of the graphical interface, thus 
      facilitating rapid visualization and annotation of results. CLIMS was developed 
      specifically to cater for the needs of individual laboratories requiring an 
      intuitive and robust system for managing crystallization experiments and is 
      freely available.
FAU - Fulton, Kate F
AU  - Fulton KF
AD  - The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical 
      Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, 
      Australia.
FAU - Ervine, Shaun
AU  - Ervine S
FAU - Faux, Noel
AU  - Faux N
FAU - Forster, Richard
AU  - Forster R
FAU - Jodun, Rachel A
AU  - Jodun RA
FAU - Ly, Wayson
AU  - Ly W
FAU - Robilliard, Lee
AU  - Robilliard L
FAU - Sonsini, Jai
AU  - Sonsini J
FAU - Whelan, Dan
AU  - Whelan D
FAU - Whisstock, James C
AU  - Whisstock JC
FAU - Buckle, Ashley M
AU  - Buckle AM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20040826
PL  - United States
TA  - Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr
JT  - Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography
JID - 9305878
SB  - IM
MH  - Computer Graphics
MH  - Crystallization
MH  - Crystallography, X-Ray/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Information Management
MH  - Laboratories/organization & administration
MH  - Microcomputers
MH  - Software
MH  - User-Computer Interface
EDAT- 2004/08/31 05:00
MHDA- 2005/02/26 09:00
CRDT- 2004/08/31 05:00
PHST- 2004/05/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/07/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2004/08/31 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/02/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/08/31 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0907444904017615 [pii]
AID - 10.1107/S0907444904017615 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 Sep;60(Pt 9):1691-3. doi: 
      10.1107/S0907444904017615. Epub 2004 Aug 26.