Will reduced radiation damage occur with very small crystals?

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-303

  Nave, Colin ^a   Hill, Mark A ^b  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Radiation And Genome Stability Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radiation damage; Small protein crystals

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; PROTEINS; VECTORS;

ELECTRON TRACKS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SMALL PROTEIN CRYSTALS; VECTOR DISTANCES;

RADIATION DAMAGE;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 20644436026     PISSN: 09090495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0909049505003274     Document Type: Article

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