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300618 VO+SE Structural Biology (Macromolecular Crystallography) (2012S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

Lectures will be every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 16:30h in

Lecture Hall B, Dept. for Structural and Computational Biology
Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien.
http://www.univie.ac.at/biolchem/location.html

THE LECTURES WILL START ON MONDAY 16th APRIL 2012.

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Language: English

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The following topics will be covered:
* sources of X-rays
* crystallisation techniques
* symmetry (point groups, space groups), unit cell, Bravais lattice
* scattering of X-rays, atomic form factor, structure factor
* waves, diffraction of molecules and crystals, Fourier transform; electron density
* set-up of MX diffraction experiment and detectors
* methods for solution of phase problem: molecular replacement, multiple isomorphous replacement, multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion
* density modification techniques
* structure refinement and analysis.

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B-BMB 2, BMB 10, M125

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