Acta Crystallographica Section D

Biological Crystallography

Volume 62, Part 1 (January 2006)

research papers

Acta Cryst. (2006). D62, 65-71 [ doi:10.1107/S0907444905032646 ]

The care and nurture of undulator data sets

D. Flot, E. J. Gordon, D. R. Hall, G. A. Leonard, A. McCarthy, J. McCarthy, S. McSweeney, E. Mitchell, D. Nurizzo, R. G. B. Ravelli and W. Shepard

Abstract: Undulator radiation is the X-ray source of choice for modern macromolecular crystallography beamlines. Here, the basic properties of undulator sources are described and it is indicated why they make such good X-ray sources for macromolecular crystallography. Collection of excellent data from these beamlines is not always straightforward; therefore, a number of rules are postulated for undulator data collection and guidelines are offered which will help to ensure a satisfactory experiment.

Keywords: data collection; undulator sources.