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Cryocrystallography of influenza virus hemagglutinin crystals
S J Watowich1, J J Skehel, D C Wiley
1Department of Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Abstract:
X-ray diffraction data collected at cryogenic temperatures from flash-cooled crystals of influenza virus hemagglutinin show improvements in both resolution and quality relative to data collected at 277 K. These improvements are dramatic for flash-cooled hemagglutinin crystals irradiated with X-rays from a synchrotron source. At the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source flash-cooled hemagglutinin crystals diffracted at least 0.9 A farther than hemagglutinin crystals at ambient temperatures. Radiation damage in the flash-cooled crystals is reduced, making it possible to collect a complete data set from a single hemagglutinin crystal. However, radiation damage is not eliminated in the flash-cooled crystal. As a result the quality of X-ray data can be significantly degraded during long exposure times at a synchrotron source.
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