Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
10822752 | Current Opinion in Structural Biology | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Protein microdiffraction using monochromatic beams is becoming a routine tool at third-generation synchrotron radiation sources. Beam sizes have reached the scale of about 5 μm, with illuminated crystal volumes of approximately 500 μm3, as shown for the case of bovine rhodopsin, which was refined to a resolution of 2.6 Ã
. Progress in X-ray optical systems and instrumentation will enable the method to be extended to smaller beams and smaller crystal volumes.
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Authors
Christian Riekel, Manfred Burghammer, Gebhard Schertler,