x-ray crystallography

American  

noun

Crystallography.

1. the determination of the structure of a crystal by the use of x-ray diffraction.

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X-ray crystallography British  

noun

1. the study and practice of determining the structure of a crystal by passing a beam of X-rays through it and observing and analysing the diffraction pattern produced

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x-ray crystallography Scientific  

1. The study of molecular structure by examining diffraction patterns made by x-rays beamed through a crystalline form of the molecules. X-ray crystallography is used extensively in biochemistry to examine the molecular structure of such molecules as proteins and DNA.

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Etymology

Origin of x-ray crystallography

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Eventually he was offered a post at the Cavendish laboratory—the site of the discovery of the electron in 1897 and the first experimental splitting of the atom in 1932—to work on X-ray crystallography, by means of which the structure of proteins could be investigated.

From The Wall Street Journal

To see if hydralazine was a contender, Shishikura worked closely with structural biochemists at the University of Texas, who used X-ray crystallography, a high-resolution imaging technique, to visualize hydralazine bound to ADO's metal center and , and with neuroscientists at the University of Florida, who tested the drug's effects in brain cancer cells.

From Science Daily

After creating these mirror-image CDs in the lab, researchers were able to confirm their discovery using X-ray crystallography and binding studies of other mirror-image molecules.

From Science Daily

Researchers then accessed physical models of the two proteins that were produced using complex microscopy and x-ray crystallography techniques.

From Science Daily

The researchers combined X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM to study the 3D structure of egg coat proteins.

From Science Daily