International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 10.2, pp. 202-208   | 1 | 2 |
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000673

Chapter 10.2. Cryocrystallography techniques and devices

D. W. Rodgersa*

a Department of Biochemistry, Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
Correspondence e-mail: rodgers@focus.gws.uky.edu

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