title: Instrumentation for synchrotron-radiation macromolecular crystallography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48 St Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Roudenko
authors.forename: Lucile
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roussier
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gourhant
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gibelin
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dalle
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ounsy
authors.forename: Andrew William
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Olof
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Marie-Odile
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Cordier
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quiniou
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Steyer
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software; D017356:Synchrotrons / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances