Open AccessData‐collection strategies
Author(s) -
Dauter Zbigniew
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section d
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1399-0047
DOI - 10.1107/s0907444999008367
Subject(s) - completeness (order theory) , reciprocal , reciprocal lattice , lattice (music) , diffraction , data quality , computer science , optics , crystallography , mathematics , theoretical physics , physics , chemistry , mathematical analysis , engineering , philosophy , metric (unit) , operations management , linguistics , acoustics
The optimal strategy for collecting X‐ray diffraction data from macromolecular crystals is discussed. Two kinds of factors influencing the completeness of data are considered. The first are geometric, arising from the symmetry of the reciprocal lattice and from the experimental setup; they affect quantitatively the completeness of the measured set of reflections. The second concern the quality, or information content, of the recorded intensities of these measured reflections.