title: X-ray scattering of non-crystalline biological systems using synchrotron radiation.
abstract: This tutorial review gives an overview of the progress in the study of non-crystalline systems by X-ray scattering and closely related imaging techniques, made possible by advances in synchrotron radiation sources and instrumentation. A brief introduction to the techniques is followed by the presentation of a variety of recent applications to problems in fundamental and applied research in biochemistry and biophysics and food and pharmaceutical technology.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, EMBL c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany. koch@embl-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Michel H J
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005433:Flour / Q000032:analysis; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017356:Synchrotrons / Q000295:instrumentation; D014934:Wood; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D011506:Proteins