Macromolecular crystallography at synchrotron radiation sources: Current status and future developments

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2124, 2010, Pages 3421-3452

  Duke, E M H ^a   Johnson, L N ^a,b  

^a DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beamline design; Free electron lasers; Macromolecular crystallography; Radiation damage; Synchrotron radiation; Time resolved studies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DESIGN; ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MINERALOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PUMPS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; VIRUSES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

ABSORPTION EDGES; ANOMALOUS SCATTERING; ATOMIC STRUCTURE; BEAM-LINES; BEAMLINE DESIGN; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CURRENT STATUS; DRUG TARGETS; DYNAMIC EVENTS; FREE ELECTRON; HARD X RAY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; SR BEAMS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCE; SYNCHROTRON SOURCE; THERAPEUTIC MOLECULES; TIME RESOLVED STUDIES; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY SOURCES;

PROTEINS;

EID: 78649944564     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0448     Document Type: Conference Paper

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