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== Crystal Characterization ==
* [[Birefringence]]
* [[solvent content]]
== Crystal Imperfections ==
* [[Diffuse Scattering]]
* [[Incommensurate Lattices]]
* [[Examples of diffraction patterns showing particular features]]
== Crystal Growth ==
== Crystal Growth ==


* [[Modifying the protein to crystallize better]]
* [[Modifying the protein to crystallize better]]
* [[Crystallization screens and methods]]
* [[Crystallization screens and methods]]
* [[I have crystals, but are they salt?]]
* [[Conditions prone to salt crystallization]]
* [[Biophysical methods]] for evaluation of crystallization tendency
* [[Improving crystal quality]]
* [[Robots for crystallization setup]]
* [[Robots for crystallization setup]]
* [[Biophysical methods]] for characterizing proteins and their crystals
* [[Visualization of crystal growth]]
* [[Visualization of crystal growth]]
* [[Crystal mounting]]
* [[Robots for crystal mounting]]
* [[Robots for crystal mounting]]
* [[Robots for crystallization monitoring]]
* [[Crystal growth: Tips and Tricks]]
* [[Crystal growth: Tips and Tricks]]
* [[Crystal growth: Protein-DNA complexes]]
* [[BMCD|Biomolecular crystallization database]]
* Prediction of protein crystallizability: [http://ffas.burnham.org/XtalPred-cgi/xtal.pl XtalPred]
* crystallization of soluble proteins (see also [[Improving crystal quality]])
* crystallization of membrane proteins (see also [[Improving crystal quality#Improving diffraction quality of membrane protein crystals]])
* relative humidity calculations of salt/PEG solutions - can also be used to calculate equivalent/matching osmotic pressure: http://go.esrf.eu/RH
== Crystal handling ==
* [[Cryo]]
* [[Sticky crystals]]
* [[Soaking with heavy atoms]]
* [[Microseeding]]


== Data collection ==
== Data collection ==
* [[X-ray generators and detectors]] (experiences)
* [[X-ray generators]]  
* [http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Links/Synchrotrons Synchrotron beamlines]
* [[Detectors]]  
* [[Cryo]]
* [[Synchrotrons]]
* [[Strategies]]
* [[Strategies]]
* [[Data quality]]
* [[Data quality]]
* [[Radiation damage]]
* [[Radiation damage]]
* [[some ways to calculate the radiation dose that a crystal has absorbed]]
* [[Comparison of home source and synchrotron properties]]
* [[Data collection: Tips and Tricks]]
* [[Data collection: Tips and Tricks]]
* [[Storage of diffraction data]]
== References ==
# Wiener MC (2004) A pedestrian guide to membrane protein crystallization. Methods 34(3), 364-372.
# Loll PJ (2003) Membrane protein structural biology: the high throughput challenge. J. Struct. Biol. 142(1), 144-153.
# Methods and Results in Crystallization of Membrane Proteins Iwata S (Ed.), San Diego, CA: International University Line. (2003)
# Macromolecular Crystallography Protocols, Volume 1: Preparation and Crystallization of Macromolecules. Doublie S (Ed.), Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. (2007)
# Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins. Grisshammer R, & Buchanan SK (Eds.), Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry. (2006)
# Macromolecular Crystallisation and Crystal Perfection. N E Chayen, J R Helliwell and E H Snell OUP 2010 [http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/physics/9780199213252/toc.html]

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Crystal Characterization[edit | edit source]

Crystal Imperfections[edit | edit source]

Crystal Growth[edit | edit source]

Crystal handling[edit | edit source]

Data collection[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wiener MC (2004) A pedestrian guide to membrane protein crystallization. Methods 34(3), 364-372.
  2. Loll PJ (2003) Membrane protein structural biology: the high throughput challenge. J. Struct. Biol. 142(1), 144-153.
  3. Methods and Results in Crystallization of Membrane Proteins Iwata S (Ed.), San Diego, CA: International University Line. (2003)
  4. Macromolecular Crystallography Protocols, Volume 1: Preparation and Crystallization of Macromolecules. Doublie S (Ed.), Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. (2007)
  5. Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins. Grisshammer R, & Buchanan SK (Eds.), Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry. (2006)
  6. Macromolecular Crystallisation and Crystal Perfection. N E Chayen, J R Helliwell and E H Snell OUP 2010 [1]