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A new neutron single-crystal diffractometer dedicated for biological macromolecules (BIX-4).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14646137     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A new neutron single-crystal diffractometer (BIX-4) has been constructed at 1G-B port of JRR-3M in JAERI. Since at 1G-B port another diffractometer for biology, BIX-3, and a high-resolution powder diffractometer (HRPD) coexist, the monochromator house needed to be reconstructed. The main architecture of BIX-4 is based on that of BIX-3. BIX-4 uses an elastically-bent perfect-Si crystal monochromator and neutron imaging plates as BIX-3. In addition, several optimizations of the monochromator and modifications from previous BIX-3 are carried out. The final gain of the neutron intensity at the detector position is estimated to be 2.5 times larger than previous BIX-3. That higher performance increases the opportunities to apply neutron crystallography to biological macromolecules which give only weak reflections and/or small crystals.
Authors:
Kazuo Kurihara; Ichiro Tanaka; Nobuo Niimura; Muhammad Refai Muslih; Andreas Ostermann
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2003-11-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of synchrotron radiation     Volume:  11     ISSN:  0909-0495     ISO Abbreviation:  J Synchrotron Radiat     Publication Date:  2004 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-12-03     Completed Date:  2004-04-15     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9888878     Medline TA:  J Synchrotron Radiat     Country:  Denmark    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  68-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Neutron Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan. kurihara@kotai3.jaeri.go.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biopolymers / chemistry*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Macromolecular Substances
Neutron Diffraction / instrumentation*,  methods*
Protein Conformation
Proteins / chemistry*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biopolymers; 0/Macromolecular Substances; 0/Proteins

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