Xray Crystallography

Xray Crystallography used to view protein crystals

Xray Crystallography

A guide to X-ray Crystallography for Biochemists

Contents

• Introduction
  • Why a WikiBook
  • How to Help
  • Abbreviations
• Foundations
  • X-Rays
  • Crystals
  • Diffraction
  • The Phase Problem
• Equipment
  • Generating X-rays
    • In-House
    • Synchrotron
  • Rotating crystals
  • Data Collection
• Techniques
  • Crystalisation
    • Screening
  • Data Collection
  • Solving the phase
    • Direct
    • MR
    • IR
    • SAD/MAD etc
  • Map Generation
  • Refinement
  • Modeling
  • Data Quality
• Radiation Damage
  • Cryo-Cooling
  • Scavengers
• References & Further Reading
• Authors