Hi Robert, If you don't mind the crystals being rather small, then polyhedra crystals might be what you're after (in fact, many microcrystals satisfy your criteria). There is a mini review here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0889311X.2010.527964
These articles should also help. Ji, X.; Sutton, G.; Evans, G.; Axford, D.; Owen, R.; Stuart, D.I. How Baculovirus Polyhedra Fit Square Pegs into Round Holes to Robustly Package Viruses. EMBO J. 2010, 29 (2), 505–514. Coulibaly, F.; Chiu, E.; Ikeda, K.; Gutmann, S.; Haebel, P.W.; Schulze-Briese, C.; Mori, H.; Metcalf, P. The Molecular Organization of Cypovirus Polyhedra. Nature 2007, 446 (7131), 97–101. Cheers -- David On 12 April 2011 03:06, Robert Thorne <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear CCP4 Community, > > We are trying to find protein or virus crystals that diffract to reasonably > high resolution (2.5 Angstroms or better) and that are very radiation > sensitive at room temperature. "Very radiation sensitive" in this case > means that the diffraction dies after a few frames, for crystals that don't > contain heavy atoms. (If you're calculating doses, the diffraction should > die after 0.1 MGy or less). > > Typically, these crystals have high solvent contents (80% or more) and weak > packing interactions. > > > So, we would be very interested in collaborating if you have: > > - crystals that you know are very radiation sensitive at room temperature; > and/or > > - crystals with solvent contents >80%. > > Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated! > > Rob > > > -- > Robert E. Thorne > Professor of Physics > 529A Clark Hall > Cornell University > Ithaca, NY 14853 > phone: (607) 255 6487 > fax: (607) 697 0400 > > > > >
