You didn't mention which detergent in the conditions. From the picture it looks like crystals of detergent.
-- Hubing Lou Centre for Biomolecular Sciences University of St Andrews North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST Scotland Quoting Ngo Duc Tri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear ccp4 users, > I crystallized a membrane protein and got some conditions showing the small > needle crystals. All condition contained Mg2+ and high buffer pH. > I learn that it is difficult to optimize the needle crystal. However I > would like to ask your experience how to optimize in this case. > Here is the attached picture of my crystal. Thank you very much for your > advices! > > My best regards, > TriNgo > PhD Student - Sungkyunkwan University, Korea > ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of St Andrews Webmail: https://webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk