Assessment of electron irradiation damage to biomolecules using the Patterson function
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Journal of Microscopy
|August 1, 1985
Abstract:
A method for the assessment of electron radiation damage to 5-iodouracil is described which involves the use of the Patterson function. Changes in Patterson maps computed from the electron diffraction patterns recorded at increasing electron irradiation have been related to structural and chemical damage to 5-iodouracil. The process of radiation damage is also discussed in terms of a disorder parameter which was found to increase with increasing irradiation.