Protein crystallography:a concise guide
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 136 p.: ill., map ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780801888069 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801888069 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801888083 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801888085 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q510 |
CLC: | Q510.1 |
Call Number: | Q510.1/L364 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. What is x-ray crystallography? ; A quick look at protein crystals ; Noncrystalline specimens ; Summary -- A physical understanding of diffraction. What is diffraction? ; diffraction from one-dimensional crystals ; Reconstructing images from diffraction patterns ; Summary -- diffraction from three-dimensional crystals. The electron density function in three dimensions ; Calculating the diffraction pattern from a known structure ; Summary -- Phase determination by isomorphous replacement. Measuring the phases ; MAD phasing ; Fitting models to experimental electron density maps ; Summary -- The Patterson function. Definition of the Patterson function ; Using the Patterson function to locate atoms ; Summary -- Phasing with partially known structures. Difference Fourier maps ; Molecule replacement ; Summary -- Crystallographic refinement. Refinement improves the model ; Least-squares refinement ; Summary. -- Glossary. |