Phaser Crystallographic Software
Phaser is a program for phasing macromolecular crystal structures with maximum likelihood methods. It has been developed by Randy Read's group at the Cambridge Insitute for Medical Research (CIMR) in the University of Cambridge and is available through the Phenix and CCP4 software suites.
This wiki supersedes http://www-structmed.cimr.cam.ac.uk/phaser/ which is now obsolete (and redirects to this page). A copy of the obsolete website can be found at http://www-structmed.cimr.cam.ac.uk/phaser_obsolete/
Use the sidebar to navigate through the extensive documentation for Phaser.
Currently Supported Releases
Phaser-2.5.1
- Download with Phenix Nightly Builds → Phenix Downloads
- Download with CCP4 6.3 Package (development test release) → CCP4
- Full Documentation → Manual
- Quicklinks to Keywords → Keywords
Phaser-2.5.0
- Download with Phenix Official Release 1.8 (23rd June 2012)→ Phenix Downloads
- Full Documentation → Manual
- Quicklinks to Keywords → Keywords
Referencing Phaser
Citing crystallographic software in your paper is important for funding new software development. We rely on your citations to convince funding bodies that our software is being used.
If you solve a structure with Phaser, please cite
- Phaser crystallographic software pdf
- McCoy AJ, Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Adams PD, Winn MD, Storoni LC, Read RJ.
- J. Appl. Cryst. (2007). 40, 658-674.