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Instrumentation for synchrotron-radiation macromolecular crystallography.

Girard E, Legrand P, Roudenko O, Roussier L, Gourhant P, Gibelin J, Dalle D, Ounsy M, Thompson AW, Svensson O, Cordier MO, Robin S, Quiniou R, Steyer JP

Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48 St Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France.

X-ray diffraction is an extremely important tool for structure determination of biological macromolecules, to the extent that currently around 85% of Protein Data Bank entries result from X-ray measurements. Many of these structure determinations use synchrotron radiation for data collection. This article aims to give synchrotron users an overview of the functioning of a synchrotron beamline and how the performance of various instruments combines to allow the collection of diffraction data.

Published 21 December 2005 in Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 62: 12-8.
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