PXGEN - A GENERAL-PURPOSE GRAPHICAL USER-INTERFACE FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL AND DATA-ACQUISITION

PXGEN is a general-purpose graphical user interface for experimental s et-up and control of protein crystallography data collection. PXGEN is not linked intrinsically to any software package or proprietary hardw are and should be transportable to other experimental facilities. The experimental techniques supported are single-wavelength data collectio n and multiwavelength anomalous dispersion. The graphical user interfa ce runs on a UNIX-based workstation exploiting the host's power to man age multiple programs. PXGEN provides a mechanism for making data coll ection much easier and less error-prone. The design and implementation of PXGEN are described, which is now installed on protein crystallogr aphy beamlines 9.5 and 7.2 of the Synchrotron Radiation Source at Dare sbury Laboratory.