BIOL 51100 - Introduction To X-Ray Crystallography

Credit Hours: 3.00. (EAPS 51100) Analysis of two- and three-dimensionally ordered structures by optical, electron, and X-ray diffraction methods. Geometry of diffraction. Detection of diffraction. Intensity of diffracted waves. Symmetry of crystals. The phase problem. The heavy atom method. Isomorphous replacement. Direct methods. Molecular replacement. Helical diffraction. Typically offered Fall.