The Link to X-Ray Protein Crystallography

A. Crystal Production

(wet lab)

  1. Production
  2. Purification
  3. Crystallisation

 
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B. Data Collection

(x-ray lab)

  1. Mounting
  2. Shooting
  3. Detection

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C. Structure Solution

(computer lab)

  1. Indexing
  2. Integration
  3. Scaling
  4. Phasing
  5. Building
  6. Refinement
  7. Validation
  8. Publication

Data Collection

A focused monochromatic x-ray beam is diffracted by the protein crystal creating a pattern of reflections that hit the detector.

LINKS

Proteincrystallography.org
Simon's Crystallography Toolbox (practically minded, by Kolstoe)

Mission / Organisations / Trivia / Links / Florian Fisch / 16 June 2009