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A dynamic seeding method that is different from the conventional method of seeding drops that have been equilibrated is described. The method basically consists of two steps. Firstly, microseeding was used in association with adjustment of the seeding-drop components, including buffer, additive and concentrations of the precipitants and protein, in order to screen suitable seeding conditions under which microseeds are seeded into a new non-equilibrated drop as the dynamic macroseed drop for the following step. Secondly, after being equilibrated for various times against the reservoir solution, the macroseed drops were used to prepare a dilution series with which the qualified crystals could be harvested using macroseeding. Compared with a conventional seeding technique, this method is distinct with a dynamic situation of macroseed drops before macroseeding and a non-equilibrium serial seeding where all the seeds are seeded into new non-equilibrated drops and the micro/macroseeding are efficiently combined into a whole system. The method simplifies control of the number of microseeds because an excess of microseeds has little effect on the final result. The method also simplifies the manipulation of macroseeds by optimizing the equilibration time and the dilution multiple of the macroseed drops before macroseeding. This dynamic seeding technique has been used in the crystallization of novel protein CutCm, which has a fast crystal-growth rate, and proved that the method is useful for optimizing protein crystallization.

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