title: Acoustic vibrations contribute to the diffuse scatter produced by ribosome crystals.
abstract: The diffuse scattering pattern produced by frozen crystals of the 70S ribosome from Thermus thermophilus is as highly structured as it would be if it resulted entirely from domain-scale motions within these particles. However, the qualitative properties of the scattering pattern suggest that acoustic displacements of the crystal lattice make a major contribution to it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Yury S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Polikanov
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D003460:Crystallization; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013016:Sound; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
keywords: diffuse scatter; lattice vibrations; ribosome crystals