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<scp>DIALS</scp> as a toolkit

Graeme Winter, James Beilsten‐Edmands, N. E. Devenish, Markus Gerstel, Richard J. Gildea, David McDonagh, Elena Pascal, David G. Waterman, Ben H. Williams, Gwyndaf Evans

2021Protein Science137 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The DIALS software for the processing of X-ray diffraction data is presented, with an emphasis on how the suite may be used as a toolkit for data processing. The description starts with an overview of the history and intent of the toolkit, usage as an automated system, command-line use, and ultimately how new tools can be written using the API to perform bespoke analysis. Consideration is also made to the application of DIALS to techniques outside of macromolecular X-ray crystallography.

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BespokeSuiteComputer scienceSoftwareSoftware engineeringSoftware suiteProgramming languagePolitical scienceArchaeologyLawHistoryEnzyme Structure and FunctionProtein Structure and DynamicsX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography