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Hi Richard,
I assume you want to track down which parts of a crystal you already have exposed ?
I think dithionite leads to brown colouring of the protein after/during exposure. At least we've observed frequently that some ingredients in our crystals turn brown over time and you could clearly see where the beam hit. I don't know how applicable this would be for small beamsizes and a couple of images, but for whole datasets it would work.
James Holton probably has a build-it-yourself solution to this I expect.

Jürgen

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Jürgen Bosch
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
615 North Wolfe Street, W8708
Baltimore, MD 21205
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On Feb 8, 2011, at 6:32 AM, Richard Edward Gillilan wrote:

Does anyone know of a water soluble dye that changes color upon exposure to x-rays?

Preferably from clear to a dark color. Must work in the liquid state (non-frozen... so color centers are out).
Doesn't matter if it is organic or inorganic.


Thanks

Richard Gillilan
MacCHESS
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY