[ccp4bb] small-angle scattering and radiation damage control

2009-07-09 Thread William Scott
Hi folks: A colleague of mine here is doing small angle X-ray scattering at SSRL and finding his samples are suffering significant radiation damage. He asked me for advice as to what potential radical scavengers might be useful. I told him to take 10 mg of ascorbic acid and to call me in

Re: [ccp4bb] small-angle scattering and radiation damage control

2009-07-09 Thread Joerg Stetefeld
we have excellent experiences with cocoamidopropylbetaine (CAPB) especially in SAXS experiments of protein-protein and protein-rna complexes, js At Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:57:36 -0700, Susan Tsutakawa wrote: Hi Bill, 5-10% glycerol usually helps in the majority of cases. However, some proteins