[ccp4bb]: Summary: Radiation damage

[jjm <jjm@mdc-berlin.de>]

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Dear all,
thanks for the recommendations.
The resume is that there does not exist any homepage or picture collection
on the WWW concerning the radiation damages in biological macromolecules,
but there are some interesting papers 

1. 
Burmeister, W. P. (2000). 
Structural changes in a cryo-cooled protein crystal owing to radiation damage. 
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 56(Pt 3), 328-41.

2.
Helliwell, J. R. (1988). 
Protein crystal perfection and the nature of radiation damage. 
J. Cryst. Growth 90, 259-272.

3.
Schroder Leiros, H. K., McSweeney, S. M. & Smalas, A. O. (2001). 
Atomic resolution structures of trypsin provide insight into structural
radiation damage. 
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 57(Pt 4), 488-497.

4.
Ravelli, R. B. & McSweeney, S. M. (2000). 
The 'fingerprint' that X-rays can leave on structures. 
Structure Fold Des 8(3), 315-28.                                                   ok

5.
Weik, M., Ravelli, R. B., Kryger, G., McSweeney, S., Raves, M. L.,
Harel, M., Gros, P., Silman, I., Kroon, J. & Sussman, J. L. (2000).
Specific chemical and structural damage to proteins produced by
synchrotron radiation. 
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97(2), 623-628.                                           ok

6.
Weik, M., Ravelli, R. B., Silman, I., Sussman, J. L., Gros, P. & Kroon, J.(2001). 
Specific protein dynamics near the solvent glass transition
assayed by radiation-induced structural changes. 
Protein Sci 10(10), 1953-1961.                                                     ok


7.
T.Y. Teng and K. Moffat (2000)
Primary radiation damage of protein crystals by an intense synchrotron X-ray beam
J. Synchrotron Rad., Vol 7, 313-317.


8.
T. M. Kuzay, M. Kazmierczak and B. J. Hsieh (2001)
X-ray beam/biomaterial thermal interactions in third-generation synchrotron sources
Acta Cryst. D, Vol D57, 69-81.


Thanks,
Juergen