A helium-purged beam path to improve soft and softer X-ray data quality

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-324

  Polentarutti, Maurizio ^a   Glazer, Richard ^b   Carugo, Kristina Djinović ^a  

^a Structural Biology Laboratory   (Italy)

^b Oxford Cryosystems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY; LASER; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 3442879249     PISSN: 00218898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889804002535     Document Type: Article

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