Reproducibility of electron diffraction intensity data obtained from hydrated microcrystals of rat hemoglobin

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Abstract

Analysis of electron diffraction patterns from rat hemoglobin taken at 200 kV on a wet stage yields intensity data to a resolution of 2–3 Å which are as reproducible as those from typical X-ray diffraction. Some crystals were so similar that the differences in measured intensities were insignificant (R = 0.056), but in other cases real differences between crystals were observed (R = 0.33). Dynamic scattering was insignificant under our diffraction conditions; however, exposures to electron doses as low as 10−2 e/Å2 produced detectable changes in measured intensities. Limits to the reproducibility of the data are set by radiation damage and errors in microdensitometry.

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