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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Carbohydrate Transport Substrate-binding-protein SP0092
Published on: October 2, 2017
Stationary crystal diffraction with a monochromatic convergent X-ray source and application for macromolecular
1ES 76 Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Huntsville, Alabama 35812, USA. efe@zenith.umdnj.edu
Abstract:
A diffraction geometry utilizing convergent X-rays from a polycapillary optic incident on a stationary crystal is described. A mathematical simulation of the resulting diffraction pattern (in terms of spot shape, position and intensity) is presented along with preliminary experimental results recorded from a lysozyme crystal. The effective source coverage factor is introduced to bring the reflection intensities onto the same scale. The feasibility of its application to macromolecular crystal data collection is discussed.
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