Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) Experimental Station (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) Experimental Station

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The Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) experimental station at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser is specially equipped to study crystallized proteins in atomic-scale detail. This station was used in a study of the angiotensin II AT2 receptor bound to a drug compound.

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Brad Plummer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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